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Definitions for Slake

[1] to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying.
[2] to cool or refresh: He slaked his lips with ice.
[3] to make less active, vigorous, intense, etc.: His calm manner slaked their enthusiasm.
[4] to cause disintegration of (lime) by treatment with water. Compare slaked lime.
[5] Obsolete . to make loose or less tense; slacken.
[6] (of lime) to become slaked.
[7] Archaic . to become less active, intense, vigorous, etc.; abate.
[8] (tr) literary to satisfy (thirst, desire, etc)
[9] (tr) poetic to cool or refresh
[10] Also: slack to undergo or cause to undergo the process in which lime reacts with water or moist air to produce calcium hydroxide
[11] archaic to make or become less active or intense

Words related to Slake

quench, assuage, appease, satisfy, gratify, mitigate, loose, slack, subdue, relax, lessen, relaxed, relieve, reduce, refresh, crumble, compose, abate, disintegrate, allay

Words nearby Slake

slag cement, slag down, slag heap, slaggy, slain, slake, slaked lime, slaker, slalom, slam, slam dance

Origin of Slake

before 1000; Middle English slaken to mitigate, allay, moderate, lessen one's efforts, Old English slacian to slacken, lessen one's efforts, equivalent to slæc slack1 + -ian causative verb suffix

Other words from Slake

slak·a·ble , slake·a·ble , adjective
slake·less , adjective
un·slak·a·ble , adjective
un·slake·a·ble , adjective
un·slaked , adjective

Word origin for Slake

Old English slacian, from slæc slack 1 ; related to Dutch slaken to diminish, Icelandic slaka

Synonyms for Slake

appease, assuage, quench, abate, allay, compose, cool, crumble, disintegrate, gratify, lessen, loose, mitigate, moderate, reduce, refresh, relax, relaxed, relieve, satisfy, slack, subdue