Usually means: Satisfies or quenches a thirst.
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  1. slakes: Merriam-Webster
  2. slakes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. slakes: Vocabulary.com
  4. slakes: Wordnik
  5. slakes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. slakes: Wiktionary
  7. slakes: Dictionary.com
  8. slakes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. slakes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. slakes: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (slake)

verb:  (transitive) To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
verb:  (transitive) To cool (something) with water or another liquid.
verb:  (intransitive) To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
verb:  (transitive) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To slacken; to become relaxed or loose.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To become less intense; to weaken, decrease in force.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To go out; to become extinct.
verb:  (transitive, Scotland) To besmear.
noun:  (Scotland) A sloppy mess.
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