SLAKE

slake

Verb

  1. Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts.
  2. To slacken; to become relaxed or loose.
  3. To become less intense; to weaken, decrease in force.
  4. To go out; to become extinct.
  5. To satisfy (thirst, or other desires); to quench; to extinguish.
  6. To cool (something) with water or another liquid.
  7. To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
    The lime slakes.
  8. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
    to slake lime


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