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slake
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- pronunciation:
- sleIk
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
slakes, slaking, slaked |
| definition 1: |
to satisfy or relieve (thirst, appetite, lust, or the like) by decreasing the strength or intensity of.
He'd been playing hard out on the field and needed to slake his thirst.- similar words:
- appease, assuage, quench
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| definition 2: |
to make (a fire) go out.
- similar words:
- quench
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| related words: |
satisfy |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
of lime, to crumble or disintegrate during processing with water.
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