0 past simple and past participle of slake
1 to satisfy a feeling of being thirsty or of wanting something:
An injured person, that is to say, may experience a disquiet that can be slaked by 'holding someone accountable' even without knowing ex ante exactly what that means.
They have a limitless thirst, which at present is being nothing like slaked.
Their thirst for blood has been slaked by gold.
Bacon should be dried for three months before being packed in slaked lime.
Polished plaster itself tends to consist of slaked lime, marble dust, and/or marble chips (which give each plaster its distinctive look).
Limestone was baked in retorts as part of the process to make slaked lime.
A corrosive chemical, typically slaked lime, was contained in a pair of cups with decaying bottoms, "e.g.", of paper.
If the quicklime is slaked with an excess of water then putty or slurry is produced.
