(פ') להשביע, להרוות, להשקיט (רעב וכו'); להפיג, לשכך; לכבות (סיד)

v. quench, satisfy a desire (such as hunger, thirst, etc.); moderate, lessen the intensity of something; extinguish, put out; combine lime with water

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Verb
1. satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
(synonym) quench, allay, assuage
(hypernym) meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
(entail) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
2. make less active or intense
(synonym) abate, slack
(hypernym) decrease, lessen, minify
3. cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"
(synonym) slack
(hypernym) hydrate
(hyponym) air-slake

(v. i.)
To slacken; to become relaxed.
  

(v. i.)
To go out; to become extinct.
  

(v. i.)
To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes.
  

(v. i.)
To abate; to become less decided.
  

(a.)
To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.
  

(a.)
To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
  

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Synonyms and related words:
abate, allay, alleviate, anesthetize, appease, assuage, bate, benumb, cloy, cram, cushion, deaden, deaden the pain, diminish, dull, ease, ease matters, ease off, ease up, engorge, feast, feed, fill, fill up, foment, fulfill, give relief, glut, gorge, gratify, jade, lay, lessen, let down, let up, loose, loosen, lull, mitigate, mollify, numb, overdose, overfeed, overfill, overgorge, oversaturate, overstuff, pad, pall, palliate, poultice, pour balm into, pour oil on, quench, reduce, regale, relax, relieve, remit, salve, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, slack, slack off, slack up, slacken, soften, soothe, stuff, stupe, subdue, supersaturate, surfeit, unbend, unbrace, unstrain, unstring