- slake your thirst
- to drink until you are no longer thirsty
English dictionary. 2014.
slake your thirst
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slake your thirst — phrase to drink until you are no longer thirsty Thesaurus: general words meaningto drinksynonym to drink in a particular wayhyponym Main entry: slake * * * slake your thirst : to cause you to stop feeling thirsty : to quench your thirst … Useful english dictionary
slake — [sleık] v [T] literary [: Old English; Origin: slacian to slacken , from sleac; SLACK1] 1.) slake your thirst to drink so that you are not thirsty any more 2.) slake a desire/craving etc to satisfy a desire etc … Dictionary of contemporary English
slake — [ sleık ] verb transitive MAINLY LITERARY to make someone happy by giving them what they want or need: Nothing will slake the public s appetite for celebrity gossip. slake your thirst to drink until you are no longer thirsty … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
slake — verb (slaked; slaking) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English slacian, from sleac slack Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. archaic subside, abate 2. to become slaked ; crumble < l … New Collegiate Dictionary
slake — UK [sleɪk] / US verb [transitive] Word forms slake : present tense I/you/we/they slake he/she/it slakes present participle slaking past tense slaked past participle slaked mainly literary to make someone happy by giving them what they want or… … English dictionary
slake — [[t]sle͟ɪk[/t]] slakes, slaking, slaked VERB If you slake your thirst, you drink something that stops you being thirsty. [LITERARY] [V n] I slaked my thirst with three cans of Coke … English dictionary
slake — verb (T) literary 1 slake your thirst to drink so that you are not thirsty any more 2 to satisfy a desire … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
slack, 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… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
long — vb Long, yearn, hanker, pine, hunger, thirst mean to have a strong and urgent desire for something. One longs when one wishes for something, and especially something remote or not readily attainable, with one s whole heart or with great… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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