Definition of slack

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Slack (superl.) Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand..

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Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To languish; to fail; to flag.
Douse :: Douse (v. t.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks..
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage..
Slakin :: Slakin (n.) Slacken.
Slab :: Slab (n.) The slack part of a sail.
Slack :: Slack (superl.) Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service..
Take-up :: Take-up (n.) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch..
Slacken :: Slacken (n.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
Statable :: Stasis (n.) A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
Efficient :: Efficient (n.) Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power..
Slack :: Slack (adv.) Slackly; as, slack dried hops..
Slack :: Slack (n.) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather..
Lag :: Lag (v. t.) To cause to lag; to slacken.
Slackness :: Slackness (n.) The quality or state of being slack.
Slack :: Slack (a.) Alt. of Slacke.
Slacked :: Slacked (imp. & p. p.) of Slacke.
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