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make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"

avoid responsibilities and work, be idle

the condition of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"

a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly they were in slack water"

flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water"

not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"

become slow or slower; "Production slowed"

a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; "he took up the slack"

a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality"

dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve

cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"

become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"

release tension on; "slack the rope"

be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention"

make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"

avoid responsibilities and work, be idle

a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; "he took of the slack"

the condition of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"

a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly they were in slack water"

flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water"

not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"

cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water, as of lime

become slow or slower; "Production slowed"

Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

A valley, or small, shallow dell.

Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.

Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.

Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.

Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.

Slackly; as, slack dried hops.

The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.

Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

A valley, or small, shallow dell.

Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.

Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.

Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.

Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.

Slackly; as, slack dried hops.

The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.

Relaxed or loose; weak; slow; sluggish; not pressing; dull; as, business is slack; negligent.

That part of anything, as a wire, etc., that hangs down loose.

Slackly.

Slackness.

Slackly.

Slackness.

Lax or loose: not firmly extended or drawn out: not holding fast: weak: not eager or diligent: inattentive: not violent or rapid: slow.

Slackly.

Slackness.

To loosen; relax; retard.

Loose; remiss; careless; listless; feeble.

The part of anything, as a rope, that hangs down loosely between supports; also, a slack condition.

Small coal; coal screenings.

Loose; relaxed; not eager or diligent; slow.

Relaxed part of a rope.

To make or become slack; relax; remit; abate.

Not tense; not hard drawn; not holding fast; remiss; not earnest or eager; not violent; not rapid; not brisk.

The part of a rope that hangs loose; a dull season in trade; small coal. Slack-water, the interval between the ebb and flow of the tide. Slack in stays, slow in going about.

To become less tense; to be remiss; to lose cohesion; to abate; to become slower; to languish.

Loose; relaxed; not tightly extended; backward; not busy, as applied to business; not using due diligence.

The part of a rope which has no strain upon it; a kind of small broken coal.

Partially; not intensely.

To loosen; to become less rigit; to make less tense or tight; to abate; to diminish in severity; to neglect; to deprive of the power of cohesion, as burnt limeshall-properly slake, which see.

n. The part of a rope that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.