SPage 455
- English Word Slack Definition Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.
- English Word Slack Definition Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.
- English Word Slack Definition Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.
- English Word Slack Definition Slackly; as, slack dried hops.
- English Word Slack Definition The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.
- English Word Slack Definition Alt. of Slacken
- English Word Slack Definition Alt. of Slacken
- English Word Slacked Definition of Slacken
- English Word 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.
- English Word Slacken Definition To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
- English Word Slacken Definition To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.
- English Word Slacken Definition To abate; to become less violent.
- English Word Slacken Definition To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.
- English Word Slacken Definition To languish; to fail; to flag.
- English Word Slacken Definition To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
- English Word Slacken Definition To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
- English Word Slacken Definition To neglect; to be remiss in.
- English Word Slacken Definition To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.
- English Word 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.
- English Word Slacken Definition To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.