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| 1. | [ adjective ] not tense or taut | |
| Synonyms: | loose | |
| Examples: | "the old man's skin hung loose and gray" "slack and wrinkled skin" "slack sails" "a slack rope" |
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| Related terms: | lax | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the condition of being loose (not taut) | |
| Synonyms: | slackness | |
| Examples: | "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope" |
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| Related terms: | looseness | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a noticeable decline in performance | |
| Synonyms: | slump falloff falling_off drop-off | |
| Examples: | : "the team went into a slump" "a sudden slack in output" "a drop-off in attendance" "a falloff in automobile sales" |
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| Related terms: | decline deterioration slow slump slake | |
| 4. | [ verb ] cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water, as of lime | |
| Synonyms: | slake | |
| Related terms: | hydrate air-slake | |
| 5. | [ verb ] become less in amount or intensity | |
| Synonyms: | die_away let_up slack_off abate | |
| Examples: | "The storm abated" "The rain let up after a few hours" |
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| Related terms: | decrease letup | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide | |
| Examples: | "slack water" |
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| Related terms: | standing | |
| 7. | [ verb ] become slow or slower | |
| Synonyms: | slacken slow_down slow slow_up | |
| Examples: | "Production slowed" |
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| Related terms: | weaken slump | |
| 8. | [ verb ] make less active or fast | |
| Synonyms: | slacken relax slack_up | |
| Examples: | "He slackened his pace as he got tired" "Don't relax your efforts now" |
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| Related terms: | decrease relaxation | |
| 9. | [ verb ] release tension on | |
| Examples: | "slack the rope" |
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| Related terms: | loosen | |
| 10. | [ verb ] be inattentive to, or neglect, as of duties | |
| Examples: | : "He slacks his attention" |
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| Related terms: | neglect shirking | |
| 11. | [ verb ] avoid responsibilities and work, be idle | |
| Related terms: | shirk slacker | |
| 12. | [ adjective ] lacking in rigor or strictness | |
| Synonyms: | lax | |
| Examples: | "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable" "lax in attending classes" "slack in maintaining discipline" |
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| Related terms: | negligent | |
| 13. | [ adjective ] lacking in strength or firmness or resilience | |
| Synonyms: | limp lax flaccid | |
| Examples: | "flaccid muscles" "took his lax hand in hers" "gave a limp handshake" "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton "a slack grip" |
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| Related terms: | weak | |
| 14. | [ verb ] make less active or intense | |
| Synonyms: | abate slake | |
| Related terms: | decrease slump | |
| 15. | [ noun ] a stretch of water without current or movement | |
| Examples: | "suddenly they were in slack water" |
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| Related terms: | stretch | |
| 16. | [ noun ] dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve | |
| Related terms: | debris | |
| 17. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3139 | |
| 18. | [ noun ] a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely | |
| Examples: | "he took of the slack" |
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| Related terms: | cord | |
| Similar spelling: |
slacks Slick Sloas slice sleek Slask slake sleazy sleaze sls Slowik |
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