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SLAKED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slaked mean?
• SLAKED (adjective)
The adjective SLAKED has 1 sense:
1. allayed
Familiarity information: SLAKED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Allayed
Synonyms:
Context example:
his thirst quenched he was able to continue
Similar:
mitigated (made less severe or intense)
Context examples
I slaked my thirst at the brook, and then lying down, was overcome by sleep.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
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