Usually means: Satisfy (thirst) by drinking liquid.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word slake:

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  1. slake: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. slake: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. slake: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. slake: Collins English Dictionary
  5. slake: Vocabulary.com
  6. Slake, slake: Wordnik
  7. slake: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. slake: Wiktionary
  9. slake: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. slake: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. slake: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. slake: Dictionary.com
  13. slake: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. slake: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Slake: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. slake: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. slake: Rhymezone
  18. Slake: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. slake: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. slake: Free Dictionary
  21. slake: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. slake: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. slake: Legal dictionary

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  1. slake: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Slake: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  3. Slake: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SLAKE: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slake: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. BBC Food Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See slaked as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
verb:  (transitive) To cool (something) with water or another liquid.
verb:  (intransitive) To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
verb:  (transitive) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To slacken; to become relaxed or loose.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To become less intense; to weaken, decrease in force.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To go out; to become extinct.
verb:  (transitive, Scotland) To besmear.
noun:  (Scotland) A sloppy mess.

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