"sleck" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: slecks [present, singular, third-person], slecking [participle, present], slecked [participle, past], slecked [past]
Etymology: From Middle English slecken, slekken, from Old Norse slekkja, sløkkva (“to extinguish, quench, slake”), from Proto-Germanic *slakjaną, *slakwijaną (“to slake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lēg- (“weak, faint, limp”). Cognate with Old English sleċċan, slæċċan (“to make slack or slow, delay”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|slecken}} Middle English slecken, {{m|enm|slekken}} slekken, {{der|en|non|slekkja}} Old Norse slekkja, {{m|non|sløkkva|t=to extinguish, quench, slake}} sløkkva (“to extinguish, quench, slake”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*slakjaną}} Proto-Germanic *slakjaną, {{m|gem-pro|*slakwijaną|t=to slake}} *slakwijaną (“to slake”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)lēg-|t=weak, faint, limp}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)lēg- (“weak, faint, limp”), {{cog|ang|sleċċan}} Old English sleċċan, {{m|ang|slæċċan|t=to make slack or slow, delay}} slæċċan (“to make slack or slow, delay”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} sleck (third-person singular simple present slecks, present participle slecking, simple past and past participle slecked)
  1. Alternative form of slake Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: slake
    Sense id: en-sleck-en-verb-v4mxT6-s
  2. (dialectal) To slake; allay; cool; quench; extinguish. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-sleck-en-verb-4-pxRA9n
  3. (Scotland) To groan when overloaded with food; sigh with repletion. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-sleck-en-verb-QcRGYG9z Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: slekk Related terms: slecken, sletch

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