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slake

/sleɪk/verb

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(प्यास) बुझाना

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verb
  1. 1

    [T] ~ your thirst literary

    to drink so that you no longer feel thirsty

    (प्यास) बुझाना

    • The travellers slaked their thirst at a village well.

    Synonyms quench satisfy sate

  2. 2

    [T] ~ sth literary

    to satisfy a desire

    (इच्छा) पूरी करना, तृप्त करना

    • Nothing could slake his desire for revenge.

    Synonyms satisfy gratify satiate sate

  3. 3

    [T] ~ sth technical

    to add water to lime (= calcium oxide) to produce calcium hydroxide

    (चूने को) बुझाना

    • Slaked lime is used in whitewash and mortar.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

quench satisfy sate gratify satiate

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General knowledge

Slaked lime is calcium hydroxide, made by adding water to quicklime, which is calcium oxide.

बुझा हुआ चूना (slaked lime) calcium hydroxide होता है, जो बिना बुझे चूने (quicklime), यानी calcium oxide, में पानी मिलाने से बनता है।