Definition of slack

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Slack (n.) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail..

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Check :: Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended..
Relent :: Relent (v. t.) To slacken; to abate.
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
Slake :: Slake (a.) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime..
Inefficient :: Inefficient (a.) Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator..
Lag :: Lag (v. t.) To cause to lag; to slacken.
Remiss :: Remiss (a.) Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow..
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..
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage..
Unslacked :: Unslacked (a.) Not slacked; unslaked; as, unslacked lime..
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope..
Slatch :: Slatch (n.) The loose or slack part of a rope; slack.
Forslack :: Forslack (v. t.) To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth.
Taut :: Taut (a.) Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.
Slackened :: Slackened () of Slacke.
Slack :: Slack (superl.) Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope..
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
Slack :: Slack (adv.) Slackly; as, slack dried hops..
Laxation :: Laxation (n.) The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens..
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