To slacken is to loosen the tension on or tightness of something. If you slacken the clothesline any more, the clothes will be on the ground next time you hang out the wash.
A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.
Verb
make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
Verb
become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"
Verb
become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
Verb
make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don''t relax your efforts now"
a.
To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to
decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.
a.
To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
a.
To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination
with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.
a.
To abate; to become less violent.
a.
To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of
water slackens.
a.
To languish; to fail; to flag.
a.
To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
v. t.
To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to
slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
v. t.
To neglect; to be remiss in.
v. t.
To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with
water; to slake; as, to slack lime.
v. t.
To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow
or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.
v. t.
To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate;
to ease.
n.
A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters
mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.
Slacken
A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.
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