slacken
Definitions of 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.
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a. - To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
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a. - To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.
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a. - To abate; to become less violent.
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a. - To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.
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a. - To languish; to fail; to flag.
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a. - To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
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v. t. - To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
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v. t. - To neglect; to be remiss in.
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v. t. - To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.
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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.
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v. t. - To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
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n. - A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.
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The word "slacken" uses 7 letters: A C E K L N S.
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Words formed by adding one letter before or after slacken (in bold), or to aceklns in any order:
b - blackens r - crankles s - slackens
Shorter words found within slacken:
ace aces acne acnes ae al ale alec alecs ales als an ane anes ankle ankles as ask cake cakes calk calks can cane canes cans case cask cel cels clan clank clanks clans clean cleans el elan elans elk elks els en ens es ka kae kaes kale kales kane kanes kas kea keas ken kens la lac lace laces lack lacks lacs lake lakes lance lances lane lanes lank las lase lea leak leaks lean leans leas lek leks lens na nae ne neck necks sac sack sae sake sal sale sane sank scale scan scena sea seal sec sel sen ska skean slack slake slank snack snake sneak sneck
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