Meaning of SLACKEN
| Pronunciation: | | 'slakun
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- [v] make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
- [v] become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"
- [v] become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
- [v] make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
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| | Synonyms: | | relax, remit, slack, slack up, slow, slow down, slow up |
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| | See Also: | | decrease, douse, dowse, ease off, ease up, flag, lessen, loose, loosen, minify, slack off, slacken, slacken off, weaken | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Slack"en\, n. (Metal.)
A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters
mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion. [Written
also {slakin}.]
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