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/ |
- slake your thirst to drink so that you no longer feel thirsty synonym quenchTopics Feelingsc2
- slake something to satisfy a desire
Word OriginOld English slacian ‘become less eager’, also ‘slacken’, from the adjective slæc ‘slack’; compare with Dutch slaken ‘diminish, relax’.