Slake

  • 41air-slake — verb alter by exposure to air with conversion at least in part to a carbonate air slake lime • Hypernyms: ↑slack, ↑slake • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * transitive verb also …

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  • 42Øyvind Slåke — Øyvind Slåke. Øyvind Slåke (born 17 February 1965) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Slåke heads the Norwegian Labour Party s Parliamentary Secretariat. He worked as a political advisor in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the… …

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  • 43air-slake — /air slayk /, v.t., air slaked, air slaking. to slake (lime or the like) with moist air. * * * …

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  • 44slack, slake — As verbs, slack means to shirk, to leave undone, and slake means to refresh, to allay thirst : He slacked his work for a minute while he slaked his thirst. Because both words can mean to make less active and intense, they are often confused… …

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  • 45air-slake — /ˈɛə sleɪk/ (say air slayk) verb (t) (air slaked, air slaking) to slake by moist air, as lime …

  • 46Slaked — 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… …

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  • 47Slaking — 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… …

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  • 48slaky — ˈslākē adjective ( er/ est) Etymology: obsolete English dialect slake mud, mire + English y : miry, muddy …

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  • 49slakeable — slake·able …

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  • 50slakeless — slake·less …

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