Explore Slaking through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Slaking meaning
present participle and gerund of slake
Using Slaking
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of slake
Context around Slaking
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slaking
- In this selection, "slaking" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fake and oxford stand out and add context to how "slaking" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as in slaking the heat and has been slaking oxford s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slaking" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slaking
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Slaking was tested using a sample of soil in a small sieve, immersed in water. (15 words)
The term slack is believed to derive from the word "slake", as in slaking the heat. (16 words)
This episode is where Ash meets his Aipom for the first time, and his good rapport with it enables him to get the Pokémon to turn on the fake Slaking and destroy it. (33 words)
It’s hard not to be inspired by all of that intellectual wealth, so pick up some reading material of your own at Blackwell’s Bookshop, which has been slaking Oxford’s unending thirst for books since 1879. (38 words)
This episode is where Ash meets his Aipom for the first time, and his good rapport with it enables him to get the Pokémon to turn on the fake Slaking and destroy it. (33 words)
The term slack is believed to derive from the word "slake", as in slaking the heat. (16 words)
Example sentences (4)
This episode is where Ash meets his Aipom for the first time, and his good rapport with it enables him to get the Pokémon to turn on the fake Slaking and destroy it.
Slaking was tested using a sample of soil in a small sieve, immersed in water.
It’s hard not to be inspired by all of that intellectual wealth, so pick up some reading material of your own at Blackwell’s Bookshop, which has been slaking Oxford’s unending thirst for books since 1879.
The term slack is believed to derive from the word "slake", as in slaking the heat.