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slake

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