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Slakin :: Slakin (n.) Slacken.

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.

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

Slake :: Slake (v. i.) To slacken; to become relaxed.

Relent :: Relent (v. t.) To slacken; to abate.

Slackened :: Slackened () of Slacke.

Relax :: Relax (n.) To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews..

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage..

Surgeful :: Surge (n.) To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan)..

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.

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

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.

Lentando :: Lentando (a.) Slackening; retarding. Same as Rallentando.

Lag :: Lag (v. t.) To cause to lag; to slacken.

Slow :: Slow (v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer..

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime..

Laxation :: Laxation (n.) The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened..

Slackening :: Slackening () of Slacke.

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To languish; to fail; to flag.

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..

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