slake
Signification (English)
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- To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
- To cool (something) with water or another liquid.
- To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
- To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
- (obsolete) Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts.
- (obsolete) To slacken; to become relaxed or loose.
- (obsolete) To become less intense; to weaken, decrease in force.
- (obsolete) To go out; to become extinct.
Concepts
Synonyms
turn off
me to temper
extuingish
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/sleɪk/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English slaken (“to render slack, to slake”), from Old English sleacian, from Old English slæc (“slack”). Unrelated to, but possibly influenced by, the Old Norse sløkkva (“to extinguish”), compare Swedish släcka in the phrase släcka sin törst (“quench one's thirst”), släcka elden (“put out the fire”), and släckt kalk (“slaked lime”).
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