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Slag hearthslag off
Slag wool
Slagged
Slagging
Slaggy
slagheap
Slaie
Slain
slainte
Slake
Slake trough
slaked lime
Slakeless
slakin
Slaking
slalom
Slam
slam bang
slam dance
slam dancing
slam dunk
slam on
slam-bang
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
adj
1: allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue" [syn: quenched, satisfied, slaked]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Slake Slake, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Slaking.] [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.
