slakes

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third-person singular of slake
slake
To dash water on a hot surface to cool it

Notes for landscape tones. Long sequences of tempera. Light filtered through the essence of lemons. An air full of brick-dust - sweet smelling brick dust and the odour of hot pavements slaked with water.

slake
To satisfy; to quench
slake
To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes
slake
{v} to quench, extinguish, become relaxed
slake
{f} quench, satisfy a desire (such as hunger, thirst, etc.); moderate, lessen the intensity of something; extinguish, put out; combine lime with water
slake
To go out; to become extinct
slake
To moisten dry clay with water
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\SLAYK\, transitive verb: 1 To satisfy; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst 2 To cause to lessen; to make less active or intense; to moderate; as, slaking his anger 3 To cause (as lime) to heat and crumble by treatment with water
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To slacken; to become relaxed
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To dissolve a thickening agent such as flour or cornstarch in a little cold water before adding it to the hot liquid which is to be thickened
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To abate; to become less decided
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To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst
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If you slake your thirst, you drink something that stops you being thirsty
slake
To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime
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cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"
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v To satisfy Ex "I think I've just been slaked "
slake
To mix with water with a true chemical combination (hydrolysis) taking place, such as in the slaking of lime
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satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
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make less active or intense
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