09-22-2014, 05:35 AM
slake
verb
[slāk]
1. quench or satisfy (one's thirst).
"we longed for a mountain spring to slake our thirst"
2. satisfy (desires).
"restaurants worked to slake the Italian obsession with food"
3. combine (quicklime) with water to produce calcium hydroxide.
I wanted to post this one because I came home to my wife, my 12yo and 10yo girls (the 3yo wasn't involved
) sitting about chuckling because they swore my 7yo had made up a word. The 7yo and I laughed even harder when we proved slake is a word... good times!
verb
[slāk]
1. quench or satisfy (one's thirst).
"we longed for a mountain spring to slake our thirst"
2. satisfy (desires).
"restaurants worked to slake the Italian obsession with food"
3. combine (quicklime) with water to produce calcium hydroxide.
I wanted to post this one because I came home to my wife, my 12yo and 10yo girls (the 3yo wasn't involved
) sitting about chuckling because they swore my 7yo had made up a word. The 7yo and I laughed even harder when we proved slake is a word... good times!
