MEANING
1. To satisfy a thirst or strong desire, often by providing exactly what is wanted.
2. To lessen the force or intensity of a feeling, need, or demand.
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A long drink of cold water finally slaked her thirst.
The apology did little to slake her anger.
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- Base
- slake
- Past tense
- slaked
- Past participle
- slaked
- Present participle
- slaking
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- slake
- Present continuous
- am/is/are slaking
- Present perfect
- have/has slaked
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been slaking
- Past
- slaked
- Past continuous
- was/were slaking
- Past perfect
- had slaked
- Past perfect continuous
- had been slaking
- Future
- will slake
- Future continuous
- will be slaking
- Future perfect
- will have slaked
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been slaking
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