11 October 2007

Dictionary.com: Word of the Day.

slake \SLAYK\, transitive verb:
1. To satisfy; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
2. To cause to lessen; to make less active or intense; to moderate; as, slaking his anger.
3. To cause (as lime) to heat and crumble by treatment with water.

intransitive verb:
1. To become slaked; to crumble or disintegrate, as lime.


I like this one. It seems very useful. Can you use it in a sentence?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

"It's so hot!!! Milk was a bad choice! But it's slakes my thirst!"

Chad said...

The dry bed was baked by the sun, until slaked in the wake of the rain on the lake.

Yeah, so bake me a cake for the sake of my stomach ache.

MeredithJoy said...

She slaked her grip on the reigns even though she might fall off the triceratops.

nataliemma said...

haha slakes. How is payroll? (I feel so close to you knowing what you are doing today!)