slacken Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb become slow or slower
slow down; slow; slack; slow up.
- Production slowed
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verb make less active or fast
slack up; slack; relax.
- He slackened his pace as he got tired
- Don't relax your efforts now
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verb become looser or slack
- the rope slackened
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verb make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
remit.
WordNet
Slack"en noun
Definitions
(Metal.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion. Written also slakin .