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4 dictionary results for: slacken
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
slack·en       [slak-uhn] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.to make or become less active, vigorous, intense, etc.
2.to make or become looser or less taut.
[Origin: 1570–80; slack1 + -en1]

—Synonyms 1, 2. relax, loosen, slack, abate.
—Antonyms 2. tighten, tense.
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slack·en       (slāk'ən)  Pronunciation Key 
tr. & intr.v.   slack·ened, slack·en·ing, slack·ens
  1. To make or become slower; slow down: The runners slackened their pace. Air speed slackened.
  2. To make or become less tense, taut, or firm; loosen: I slackened the line to let the fish swim. The tension in the board room finally slackened.
  3. To make or become less vigorous, intense, or severe; ease: slacken discipline; afraid that morale might slacken.

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slacken

verb
1. become slow or slower; "Production slowed" [syn: slow] 
2. make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" [syn: slack] 
3. become looser or slack; "the rope slackened" 
4. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Slacken

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.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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