| VERB | consumption | slake, quench, allay, assuage | satisfy (thirst) |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | slake, abate, slack | make less active / active / active or intense | |
| change | slake, slack | cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water |
| Meaning | satisfy (thirst). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | quench, allay, assuage | |
| Entails | consume, ingest, take in, take, have | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly |
| Broader | fit, conform to, meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil | Fill or meet a want or need |
| Spanish | aliviar, apaciguar, apagar, aplacar, calmar, remojar, saciar, suavizar | |
| Catalan | alleujar, apaivagar, calmar, sadollar, suavitzar | |
| Meaning | make less active / active / active or intense. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | abate, slack | |
| Broader | decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
| Spanish | aflojar, amainar, disminuir, mitigar, reducir | |
| Catalan | amainar, amansir, asserenar, debilitar, defallir, disminuir, mitigar, reduir | |
| Meaning | Cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | slack | |
| Narrower | air-slake | Alter by exposure to air with conversion at least in part to a carbonate |
| Broader | hydrate | Cause to be hydrated |
| Spanish | apagar | |
| Catalan | apagar | |
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