noun
Meaning 1
A sloppy mess.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
slake
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /sleɪk/
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rhymes with -eɪk
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noun
Meaning 2
A slack, a tidal wetland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 3
To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: quench, extinguish
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To cool (something) with water or another liquid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- The lime slakes.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- to slake lime
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 8
To slacken; to become relaxed or loose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 9
To become less intense; to weaken, decrease in force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 10
To go out; to become extinct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 11
To besmear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 12
cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- slack lime
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: slack
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hydrate
Narrower terms: air-slake
verb
Meaning 13
make less active or intense
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abate, slack
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decrease, lessen, minify
verb
Meaning 14
satisfy (thirst)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The cold water quenched his thirst
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: quench, allay, assuage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
History
Etymology
Probably connected with Icelandic sleikja, "to lick", and German schlecken (“to lick”).
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”).
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: հագեցնել (hagecʻnel) — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- Bulgarian: утолявам (utoljavam) — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- Bulgarian: уталожвам (utaložvam) — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- Czech: hasit — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- Czech: uhasit — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- Czech: zahnat — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- Finnish: sammuttaa — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- French: étancher — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- French: rassasier — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- German: stillen — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- German: befriedigen — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- German: löschen — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- German: zufriedenstellen — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- Hungarian: olt — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- Hungarian: csillapít — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- Hungarian: enyhít — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- Hungarian: elolt — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- Norwegian Bokmål: slukke tørsten — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- Portuguese: matar — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- Portuguese: saciar — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- Russian: утоля́ть (utoljátʹ) — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- Spanish: saciar — to satisfy (thirst or other desires)
- Finnish: jäähdyttää — to cool with water
- German: abkühlen — to cool with water
- German: kühlen — to cool with water
- Hungarian: hűt — to cool with water
- Portuguese: apagar — to cool with water
- Portuguese: extinguir — to cool with water
- Spanish: apagar — to cool with water
- Hungarian: oltódik — to become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place
- Czech: hasit — to mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place
- German: löschen — to mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place
- German: ablöschen — to mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place
- German: einsumpfen — to mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place
- Hungarian: olt — to mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place
- Finnish: lannistua — (obsolete in English) to become less energetic
- German: nachlassen — (obsolete in English) to become less energetic
- German: ermüden — (obsolete in English) to become less energetic
- Hungarian: alábbhagy — (obsolete in English) to become less energetic
- Hungarian: csillapodik — (obsolete in English) to become less energetic
- Hungarian: mérséklődik — (obsolete in English) to become less energetic
- Spanish: apagar — (obsolete in English) to become less energetic
- Finnish: löysentää — ''(obsolete in English)'' to slacken
- German: ermüden — ''(obsolete in English)'' to slacken
- German: entspannen — ''(obsolete in English)'' to slacken
- German: erschlaffen — ''(obsolete in English)'' to slacken
- Hungarian: ernyed — ''(obsolete in English)'' to slacken
- Hungarian: elernyed — ''(obsolete in English)'' to slacken
- Hungarian: lazul — ''(obsolete in English)'' to slacken
- Spanish: aflojar — ''(obsolete in English)'' to slacken
- Finnish: lauhtua — (obsolete in English) to become less intense
- German: abschwächen — (obsolete in English) to become less intense
- German: nachlassen — (obsolete in English) to become less intense
- German: dämpfen — (obsolete in English) to become less intense
- Hungarian: csillapodik — (obsolete in English) to become less intense
- Hungarian: csillapul — (obsolete in English) to become less intense
- Spanish: disminuir — (obsolete in English) to become less intense