Definition of slack

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Slack (v. t.) Alt. of Slacke.

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Taut :: Taut (a.) Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.
Slackly :: Slackly (adv.) In a slack manner.
Surgeful :: Surge (n.) To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan)..
Douse :: Douse (v. t.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended..
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..
Lag :: Lag (v. t.) To cause to lag; to slacken.
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To abate; to become less violent.
Unslacked :: Unslacked (a.) Not slacked; unslaked; as, unslacked lime..
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To neglect; to be remiss in.
Slake :: Slake (v. i.) To slacken; to become relaxed.
Inefficient :: Inefficient (a.) Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
Slack :: Slack (n.) Small coal; also, coal dust; culm..
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
Slatch :: Slatch (n.) The loose or slack part of a rope; slack.
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..
Slow :: Slow (v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer..
Relax :: Relax (n.) To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews..
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