Verb
cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"

Verb
make less active or intense

Verb
satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"

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a.
To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.

a.
To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.

v. i.
To go out; to become extinct.

v. i.
To abate; to become less decided.

v. i.
To slacken; to become relaxed.

v. i.
To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes.

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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.

2. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.

Slake

Slake, v. i. 1. To go out; to become extinct. "His flame did slake." Sir T. Browne. 2. To abate; to become less decided. [R.] Shak. 3. To slacken; to become relaxed. "When the body's strongest sinews slake." [R.] Sir J. Davies. 4. To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes. Slake trough, a trough containing water in which a blacksmith cools a forging or tool.

To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.

To go out; to become extinct.