Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 10, 2007

slake \SLAYK\, transitive verb:

1. To satisfy; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
2. To cause to lessen; to make less active or intense; to moderate; as, slaking his anger.
3. To cause (as lime) to heat and crumble by treatment with water.
4. To become slaked; to crumble or disintegrate, as lime.

Comments

Tova7

on Oct 10, 2007

Maybe I've read too many trashy novels...Gah, I love them...but I can only ever see this word one way....

He threw her to the floor, intent on slaking his lust within her soft flesh.

yup. yup.

Dr Guy

on Oct 10, 2007

This one will always be with me because of ......................TV! Yep! Mash. and Radar Getting "slaked".

ONe of my favorite episodes! That episode slaked my thirst for Radar's love life.

Zoologist03

on Oct 10, 2007

I wished to slake my thirst, but my stomach slaked and made an awful mess...if only I didn't get that lime lined digestive system.

~Zoo

Tova7

on Oct 10, 2007

but my stomach slaked and made an awful mess...if only I didn't get that lime lined digestive system.

Ew!

Thanks for ruining that word for me Zoo.

Really.

dynamaso

on Oct 11, 2007

I guess this 'Word for the Day' email is slaking your desire to add to your vocabulary.

BlueDev

on Oct 12, 2007

San Cho will get this one as well. I first heard this word used in the superb RPG Planescape: Torment.

One of the characters, Fall-From-Grace by name, is a succubus who has forgone the things of the flesh and has set up a brothel called the "Brothel for Slaking Intellectual Lusts" wherein the clients converse and philosophize. Yes, the game is that cool.

Tova7

on Oct 12, 2007

Yes, the game is that cool.

That does sound cool.

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