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Word: slake (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • obsolete To abate; to become less decided.
  • obsolete To go out; to become extinct.
  • obsolete To slacken; to become relaxed.
  • intransitive To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime '''slakes'''.
  • transitive To dash water on a hot surface to cool it.
  • transitive To satisfy; to quench.

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