slovo | definícia |
slaked (encz) | slaked, adj: |
Slaked (gcide) | Slake \Slake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slaked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slaking.] [OE. slaken to render slack, to slake, AS.
sleacian, fr. sleac slack. See Slack, v. & a.]
1. To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
"And slake the heavenly fire." --Spenser.
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It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart.
--Shak.
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2. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination
shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.
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slaked (wn) | slaked
adj 1: allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue"
[syn: quenched, satisfied, slaked] |
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slaked lime (encz) | slaked lime, n: |
unslaked lime (encz) | unslaked lime, n: |
Slaked (gcide) | Slake \Slake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slaked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slaking.] [OE. slaken to render slack, to slake, AS.
sleacian, fr. sleac slack. See Slack, v. & a.]
1. To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
"And slake the heavenly fire." --Spenser.
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It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart.
--Shak.
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2. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination
shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.
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Unslaked (gcide) | Unslaked \Un*slaked"\, a.
Not slaked; unslacked; as, an unslaked thirst; unslaked lime.
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slaked lime (wn) | slaked lime
n 1: a caustic substance produced by heating limestone [syn:
calcium hydroxide, lime, slaked lime, {hydrated
lime}, calcium hydrate, caustic lime, lime hydrate] |
unslaked lime (wn) | unslaked lime
n 1: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium
hydroxide [syn: calcium oxide, quicklime, lime,
calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime,
burnt lime] |
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