slake

Plural: slakes

Verb

Verb Forms: slaked, slaking, slakes

To quench thirst or satisfy a desire.
satisfy (thirst)
make less active or intense
cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
To cool (something) with water or another liquid.
To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts.
To slacken; to become relaxed or loose.
To become less intense; to weaken, decrease in force.
To go out; to become extinct.
To besmear.

Noun

A sloppy mess.

Examples

He hoped to SLAKE his hunger for victory with a strategic Words With Friends win.
The lime slakes.
to slake lime

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English slaken (“to render slack, to slake”), from Old English sleacian, from Old English slæc (“slack”). Unrelated to, but possibly influenced by, the Old Norse sløkkva (“to extinguish”), compare Swedish släcka in the phrase släcka sin törst (“quench one's thirst”), släcka elden (“put out the fire”), and släckt kalk (“slaked lime”).

Synonyms

abate, allay, assuage, quench, slack, extinguish

Scrabble Score: 9

slake: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
slake: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
slake: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

slake: valid Words With Friends Word