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Slacken

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

Slacken

Definition: To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.

Slacken

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

Slacken

Definition: To abate; to become less violent.

Slacken

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

Slacken

Definition: To languish; to fail; to flag.

Slacken

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

Slacken

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

Slacken

Definition: To neglect; to be remiss in.

Slacken

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

Slacken

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

Slacken

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

Slacken

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