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slack::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slack
noun
/slæk/
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Type Words
Synonyms mire, morass, quag, quagmire
Type of bog, peat bog

slack::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slack
noun
/slæk/
a stretch of water without current or movement
Type Words
Synonyms slack water
Type of stretch


suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless.

slack::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slack
noun
/slæk/
the quality of being loose (not taut)
Type Words
Synonyms slackness
Type of play, looseness


he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope.

slack::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slack
noun
/slæk/
a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
Type Words
Synonyms drop-off, falling off, falloff, slump
Type of worsening, declension, decline in quality, deterioration


a gradual slack in output.

slack::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slack
verb
/slæk/
make less active or fast
Type Words
Synonyms relax, slack up, slacken
Type of lessen, minify, decrease


He slackened his pace as he got tired.

slack::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slack
verb
/slæk/
cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
Type Words
Synonyms slake
Type of hydrate
Has types air-slake


slack lime.

slack::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slack
verb
/slæk/
become slow or slower
Type Words
Synonyms slacken, slow, slow down, slow up
Type of weaken

slack::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slack
verb
/slæk/
become less in amount or intensity
Type Words
Synonyms abate, die away, let up, slack off
Type of diminish, decrease, fall, lessen

slack::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

slack
adjective
/slæk/
not tense or taut
Type Words
Synonyms loose
Derivation slackness


slack and wrinkled skin.
slack sails.
a slack rope.
a slack grip.

slack::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slack
verb
/slæk/
make less active or intense
Type Words
Synonyms abate, slake
Type of minify, decrease, lessen

slack::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

slack
adjective
/slæk/
lacking in rigor or strictness
Type Words
Synonyms lax
Derivation slackness


slack in maintaining discipline.

slack::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slack
noun
/slæk/
a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
Type Words
Type of cord


he took up the slack.

slack::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slack
verb
/slæk/
avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
Type Words
Type of fiddle, goldbrick, shirk, shrink from
Derivation slacker, slacking

slack::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slack
verb
/slæk/
be inattentive to, or neglect
Type Words
Type of neglect
Derivation slacking


He slacks his attention.

slack::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slack
noun
/slæk/
dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
Type Words
Type of debris, junk, dust, rubble, detritus

slack::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

slack
adjective
/slæk/
flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
Type Words


slack water.

slack::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slack
verb
/slæk/
release tension on
Type Words
Type of loosen, loose


slack the rope.
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