Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: allay
IPA transcription: [əl'eɪ]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: quench, slake, allay, assuage
    Meaning: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
  • Synonyms: still, allay, relieve, ease
    Meaning: lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
Usage examples
  • This sight did not tend to allay the wrath of the trappers.
  • Toast water will allay thirst better than almost any thing else.
  • Least of all had the more than feudal magnificence, thus discovered, a tendency to allay the irritable feelings of the less ancient and less wealthy Berlifitzings.
  • In ordinary attacks of this kind Catharine had power to soothe and allay the spasmodic action of the muscles, and gradually release her husband from the terrible gripe of the disease, but now he would not suffer her to come near him.
  • Several times after I repeated the same manoeuvre, but with as little success as before. As my pretence for withdrawing from the house was to allay my thirst, Kory-Kory either suspecting some design on my part, or else prompted by a desire to please me, regularly every evening placed a calabash of water by my side.