slake

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
2. (transitive) To cool (something) with water or another liquid.
3. (intransitive) To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
4. (transitive) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts.
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To slacken; to become relaxed or loose.
7. (intransitive, obsolete) To become less intense; to weaken, decrease in force.
8. (intransitive, obsolete) To go out; to become extinct.

Noun

A sloppy mess.

Noun

A slack, a tidal wetland.

Synonyms

quench

slack

satisfy

assuage

abate

allay

extinguish

erase

dampen

put out

switch off

turn off

rub out

snuff out

erasure

faint

fall off

fill

go out

gratify

indulge

kill

🔪🩸👤

moisten

muffle

mute

🔇

obliterate

please

reduced

relieve

sate

snuff

stay

stifle

stub

turn out

unship

weaken

wet

wipe out

zap

⚡

me to temper

I

extuingish

delete

appease

blow out

burn out

cancel

content

cool

🆒

Translations

apagar

stillen

se désaltérer

löschen

calmar

allattamento

saciar

étancher

désaltérer

éteindre

σβήνω

apaiser

étancher sa soif

aflojar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sleɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: slaken

Inherited from Old English: sleacian

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”).