Definition of slacken

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

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Lentando :: Lentando (a.) Slackening; retarding. Same as Rallentando.
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
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..
Slake :: Slake (v. i.) To slacken; to become relaxed.
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 (n.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion..
Slakin :: Slakin (n.) Slacken.
Slackened :: Slackened () of Slacke.
Laxation :: Laxation (n.) The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened..
Slackening :: Slackening () of Slacke.
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens..
Relent :: Relent (v. t.) To slacken; to abate.
Lag :: Lag (v. t.) To cause to lag; to slacken.
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To abate; to become less violent.
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To languish; to fail; to flag.
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry..
Rallentando :: Rallentando (a.) Slackening; -- a direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time and force; ritardando.
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To neglect; to be remiss in.
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