SLACKEN
\slˈakən], \slˈakən], \s_l_ˈa_k_ə_n]\
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make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
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become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
By Princeton University
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make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
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become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.
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To abate; to become less violent.
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To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.
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To languish; to fail; to flag.
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To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
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To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
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To neglect; to be remiss in.
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To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.
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To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.
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To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
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A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.
By Oddity Software
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To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.
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To abate; to become less violent.
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To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.
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To languish; to fail; to flag.
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To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
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To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
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To neglect; to be remiss in.
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To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.
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To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.
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To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
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A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.
By Noah Webster.
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