Definition of slacken

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Slacken (v. t.) To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage..

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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)..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
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..
Bitt :: Bitt (v. t.) To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks..
Slacken :: Slacken (n.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion..
Relent :: Relent (v. t.) To slacken; to abate.
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To abate; to become less violent.
Lag :: Lag (v. t.) To cause to lag; to slacken.
Slakin :: Slakin (n.) Slacken.
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
Lentando :: Lentando (a.) Slackening; retarding. Same as Rallentando.
Douse :: Douse (v. t.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail..
Slow :: Slow (v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer..
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage..
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry..
Rallentando :: Rallentando (a.) Slackening; -- a direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time and force; ritardando.
Slackened :: Slackened () of Slacke.
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens..
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..
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