slake

slake is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
2. adjective. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.
3. intransitive verb. To go out; to become extinct.
4. intransitive verb. To abate; to become less decided.
5. intransitive verb. To slacken; to become relaxed.
6. intransitive verb. To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes.
7. verb. cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water

   "slack lime"

   Synonyms: slack

8. verb. make less active or intense

   Synonyms: abate, slack

9. verb. satisfy (thirst)

   "The cold water quenched his thirst"

   Synonyms: allay, assuage, quench

Synonyms

slack, abate, allay, assuage, quench

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in slake:

alkes, kales, lakes, lasek, leaks, sakel

Common word forms

slaked, slaker, slakes, slaking, slakeable, slakeless

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for SLAKE lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.