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View definitions for slaking

slaking

noun as in repletion

noun as in satiety

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Example Sentences

Occasionally a rugged vat of this mud is found boiling away—very suggestive of slaking lime.

If her association with him had begotten in Lola Montez a thirst for wit and genius, she had every chance of slaking it in Paris.

Fresh burned lime may be ground fine, so that it can be spread on land without slaking.

Burning and slaking afforded the only known method of reducing stone for use in sour soils.

Slaking, by the addition of water to the fresh burned lime, is the common method of getting the required physical condition.

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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to slaking, such as: engorgement, feeding, filling, glut, gratification, and indulgence.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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