slacken

Definitions

1. 1adjective

   To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.

2. 2adjective

   To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.

3. 3adjective

   To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.

4. 4adjective

   To abate; to become less violent.

5. 5adjective

   To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.

6. 6adjective

   To languish; to fail; to flag.

7. 7adjective

   To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.

8. 8transitive verb

   To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.

9. 9transitive verb

   To neglect; to be remiss in.

10. 10transitive verb

    To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.

11. 11transitive verb

    To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.

12. 12transitive verb

    To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.

13. 13noun

    A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.

14. 14verb

    make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

    Synonyms

    remit
15. 15verb

    become looser or slack

    "the rope slackened"

16. 16verb

    become slow or slower

    "Production slowed"

    Synonyms

    slackslow
17. 17verb

    make less active or fast

    "He slackened his pace as he got tired"

    "Don't relax your efforts now"

    Synonyms

    relaxslack