Meaning & use
Slaked
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Satisfied a thirst, desire, or need, or, in chemistry, combined a substance such as lime with water in a chemical reaction.
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They slaked their thirst with cool water from the stream.
The mason slaked the quicklime before mixing it into mortar.
A note on using this word
"Slaked lime" (calcium hydroxide) gets its name from this older sense of the verb, meaning to subdue or make inert, as fire is subdued by water.
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