English-Thai Dictionary

slake

VT บรรเทา  คลาย  ทำให้ สดชื่น  allay quench ban-tao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SLAKE

v.t.To quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. And slake the heav'nly fire.

 

SLAKE

v.i. 1. To go out; to become extinct.
2. To grow less tense. [a mistake for slack. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SLAKE

Slake, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Slaking.] Etym: [OE. slaken to render slack, to slake, AS. sleacian, fr. sleac slack. See Slack, v. & a.]

 

1. To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. "And slake the heavenly fire. " Spenser. It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart. Shak.

 

2. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.

 

SLAKE

SLAKE Slake, v. i.

 

1. To go out; to become extinct. "His flame did slake. " Sir T. Browne.

 

2. To abate; to become less decided. [R.] Shak.

 

3. To slacken; to become relaxed. "When the body's strongest sinews slake. " [R.] Sir J. Davies.

 

4. 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.

 

SLAKELESS

SLAKELESS Slake "less, a.

 

Defn: Not capable of being slaked.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

slake

slake |slāk sleɪk | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 quench or satisfy (one's thirst ): slake your thirst with some lemonade. • satisfy (desires ): restaurants worked to slake the Italian obsession with food. 2 combine (quicklime ) with water to produce calcium hydroxide. ORIGIN Old English slacian ‘become less eager, ’ also ‘slacken, ’ from the adjective slæc ‘slack ’; compare with Dutch slaken ‘diminish, relax. ’

 

slaked lime

slaked lime |sleɪkt laɪm | ▶noun see lime 1.

 

Oxford Dictionary

slake

slake |sleɪk | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 quench or satisfy (one's thirst ): slake your thirst with citron pressé. • satisfy (desires ): restaurants worked to slake the Italian obsession with food. 2 combine (quicklime ) with water to produce calcium hydroxide. ORIGIN Old English slacian ‘become less eager ’, also ‘slacken ’, from the adjective slæc ‘slack ’; compare with Dutch slaken ‘diminish, relax ’.

 

slaked lime

slaked lime |sleɪktˈlʌɪm | ▶noun see lime 1.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

slake

slake verb we longed for a mountain spring to slake our thirst: quench, satisfy, sate, satiate, relieve, assuage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

slake

slake verb slake your thirst with a citron pressé: quench, satisfy, take the edge off, sate, satiate, relieve, assuage, gratify.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

slake

slake /sleɪk /動詞 他動詞 1 〈飢え 渇きなど 〉をいやす ; 〈怒り 〉を和らげる ; 〈恨み 〉を晴らす ; 〈火 〉を消す .2 〈欲望 〉を満たす .3 〈石灰 〉を消和する 〘生石灰に水を作用させて消石灰にする 〙.自動詞 〈石灰が 〉消和する .