Definition of slack

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Slack (n.) Small coal; also, coal dust; culm..

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Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To abate; to become less violent.
Unslaked :: Unslaked (a.) Not slaked; unslacked; as, an unslaked thirst; unslaked lime..
Inefficient :: Inefficient (a.) Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator..
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope..
Slacked :: Slacked (imp. & p. p.) of Slacke.
Slack :: Slack (n.) Small coal; also, coal dust; culm..
Slack :: Slack (n.) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail..
Lag :: Lag (v. t.) To cause to lag; to slacken.
Relent :: Relent (v. t.) To slacken; to abate.
Slackened :: Slackened () of Slacke.
Take-up :: Take-up (n.) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch..
Foreslack :: Foreslack (v. t.) See Forslack.
Slack :: Slack (superl.) Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand..
Crewel :: Crewel (n.) Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery..
Bitt :: Bitt (v. t.) To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
Slackly :: Slackly (adv.) In a slack manner.
Lentando :: Lentando (a.) Slackening; retarding. Same as Rallentando.
Slackness :: Slackness (n.) The quality or state of being slack.
Tight :: Tight (superl.) Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out..
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