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Definitions for: Slake
[v] cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water, as of lime
[v] make less active or intense
[v] satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
Webster (1913) Definition: Slake, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slaked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slaking.] [OE. slaken to render slack, to slake, AS.
sleacian, fr. sleac slack. See Slack, v. & a.]
1. To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
``And slake the heavenly fire.'' --Spenser.
It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart.
--Shak.
2. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination
shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.
Slake, v. i.
1. To go out; to become extinct. ``His flame did slake.''
--Sir T. Browne.
2. To abate; to become less decided. [R.] --Shak.
3. To slacken; to become relaxed. ``When the body's strongest
sinews slake.'' [R.] --Sir J. Davies.
4. To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical
combination takes place; as, the lime slakes.
Slake trough, a trough containing water in which a
blacksmith cools a forging or tool.
Synonyms: abate, allay, assuage, quench, slack
See Also: air-slake, consume, decrease, fill, fulfil, fulfill, have, hydrate, ingest, lessen, meet, minify, satisfy, take, take in
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