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1. (v.i.) slacken
to make or become less active, intense, etc.
2. slacken
to make or become slack.
Etymology: (1570–80)
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| Definition of 'slacken' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken
become slow or slower
"Production slowed"
2. (verb) slack, slacken, slack up, relax
make less active or fast
"He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
3. (verb) slacken
become looser or slack
"the rope slackened"
4. (verb) slacken, remit
make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
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| Definition of 'slacken' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) slacken
to become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather
2. (adj) slacken
to be remiss or backward; to be negligent
3. (adj) slacken
to lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks
4. (adj) slacken
to abate; to become less violent
5. (adj) slacken
to lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens
6. (adj) slacken
to languish; to fail; to flag
7. (adj) slacken
to end; to cease; to desist; to slake
8. (noun) slacken
a spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion
9. (verb) slacken
to render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage
10. (verb) slacken
to neglect; to be remiss in
11. (verb) slacken
to deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime
12. (verb) slacken
to cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry
13. (verb) slacken
to cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease
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Sense: to make or become looser
She felt his grip on her arm slacken.
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 Afrikaans: slap word |
 Arabic: يُرْخي |
 Bulgarian: отпускам |
 Brazilian: afrouxar |
 Czech: povolit |
 German: lockern |
 Danish: slappes |
 Greek: χαλαρώνω κτ., ξεσφίγγω |
 Spanish: aflojar |
 Estonian: lõdvendama, lõdvenema |
 Farsi: شل شدن |
 Finnish: löystyä |
 French: (se) relâcher |
 Hebrew: לִרפוֹת |
 Hindi: ढीला पड़ना |
 Croatian: olabaviti, omlohaviti |
 Hungarian: meglazít; meglazul |
 Indonesian: menjadi kendur |
 Icelandic: slakaá; slakna |
 Italian: diminuire |
 Japanese: ゆるめる |
 Korean: 느슨해지다 |
 Lithuanian: at(si)leisti, silpnėti, a |
 Latvian: kļūt vaļīgākam; atslābt; |
 Malay: menjadi longgar |
 Dutch: verslappen |
 Norwegian: slakke, fire på |
 Polish: rozluźniać (się) |
 Persian: شل شدن |
 Pashto: ل، وروكول، غړندول |
 Portuguese: afrouxar |
 Romanian: a (se) destinde |
 Russian: уменьшать; ослаблять |
 Slovak: povoliť |
 Slovenian: popustiti |
 Serbian: olabaviti |
 Swedish: släppa, lossa, försvaga[s |
 Thai: ทำให้หย่อน |
 Turkish: gevşe(t)mek |
 Taiwanese: 鬆開，變鬆 |
 Ukrainian: ослабляти; слабшати |
 Urdu: ڈھیلا ہونا یا کرنا |
 Vietnamese: nới lỏng |
 Chinese: 变松，松动 |
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