Definition of slack

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Slack (v. t.) Alt. of Slacke.

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Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
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..
Remiss :: Remiss (a.) Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow..
Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber..
Slakin :: Slakin (n.) Slacken.
Slack :: Slack (n.) Small coal; also, coal dust; culm..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens..
Slow :: Slow (v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer..
Slack :: Slack (n.) A valley, or small, shallow dell..
Foreslack :: Foreslack (v. t.) See Forslack.
Springal :: Spring (v. i.) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.
Slake :: Slake (a.) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
Slackened :: Slackened () of Slacke.
Slack :: Slack (v. t.) Alt. of Slacke.
Swiftfoot :: Swifter (v. t.) To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks..
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..
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