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Definition of slake verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

slake

verb
 
/sleɪk/
 
/sleɪk/
(literary)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they slake
 
/sleɪk/
 
/sleɪk/
he / she / it slakes
 
/sleɪks/
 
/sleɪks/
past simple slaked
 
/sleɪkt/
 
/sleɪkt/
past participle slaked
 
/sleɪkt/
 
/sleɪkt/
-ing form slaking
 
/ˈsleɪkɪŋ/
 
/ˈsleɪkɪŋ/
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  1. slake your thirst to drink so that you no longer feel thirsty synonym quenchTopics Feelingsc2
  2. slake something to satisfy a desire
  3. Word OriginOld English slacian ‘become less eager’, also ‘slacken’, from the adjective slæc ‘slack’; compare with Dutch slaken ‘diminish, relax’.
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