slake
slake is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 38 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.
- 2.To go out; to become extinct. "His flame did slake." Sir T. Browne.
- 3.To abate; to become less decided. [R.] Shak.
- 4.To slacken; to become relaxed. "When the body's strongest sinews slake." [R.] Sir J. Davies.
- 5.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- basta
- blase
- bore
- child
- cloy
- cloyment
- enough
- fatigue
- fill
- glut
- good
- gorge
- have
- heartsick
- hold
- jam
- much
- pall
- quench
- quite
- repletion
- sate
- satiate
- satiation
- satiety
- satisfaction
- satisfy
- saturate
- saturation
- sick
- spoil
- surfeit
- terrible
- thing
- tire
- too
- weariness
- weary
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is slake.
- What is to mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime called?
- What is to go out; to become extinct. "His flame did slake." Sir T. Browne called?
- What is to abate; to become less decided. [R.] Shak called?
- What is to slacken; to become relaxed. "When the body's strongest sinews slake." [R.] Sir J. Davies called?
- What is 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 called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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