to slake

Examples

• All

• It's one way to determine how much water is available to slake plants' thirst.

  Academic text (2006)

• Why dig a hole for a new well from which to slake your thirst if you find a perfectly good one already awaiting you?

  Fiction book (2002)

• Besides slaking their thirst, can China and India feed their growing populations?

  Academic text (1995)

• A lesser, though still formidable, amount of water is siphoned off to slake the thirst of cities and industry, and when you add it all together, it's clear that people are using more than their fair share.

  Academic text (2007)

• He drank a glass of water to slake his thirst after running.

• The volunteers provided food and drinks to slake the hunger of the homeless.

• A cold lemonade can really slake your thirst on a hot summer day.

Synonyms

A

to assuage

vsto slake

• Formal

20 7.7

To make a bad feeling, pain, or worry less strong

focuses on fully satisfying or ending a need rather than merely reducing pain

Q

to quench

vsto slake

16 4.2

To stop thirst by drinking or to put out a fire by cooling it

is mainly about satisfying wants and thirst rather than only stopping fire

S

to sate

vsto slake

11 6.2

To fully satisfy a need like hunger or curiosity

focuses on meeting or calming needs like thirst rather than full overfilling

S

to satiate

vsto slake

9 7.1

To make someone feel they have had enough to eat or drink

aims to satisfy needs without implying overfilling or excess

Q

to quench one's thirst

vsto slake

5 2.7

To drink until you no longer feel a need for water

is used for satisfying other desires as well as drink

A

to allay

vsto slake

1 6.8

To make thirst or a strong physical need less

is used to fully satisfy or stop a need, not only to ease it

Antonyms

D

to dissatisfy

1 4.3

To make someone unhappy because something does not meet their needs or wants

How Satisfied

to sate

11 6.2

to satisfy

172 2.0

to slake

3 9.0

to relieve

166 2.3

Surface Forms

Etymology