Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
- 2adjective
To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.
- 3intransitive verb
To go out; to become extinct.
- 4intransitive verb
To abate; to become less decided.
- 5intransitive verb
To slacken; to become relaxed.
- 6intransitive verb
To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes.
- 7verb
cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
"slack lime"
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- 8verb
make less active or intense
- 9verb
satisfy (thirst)
"The cold water quenched his thirst"
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