Slacken

·adj To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.

II. Slacken ·vt To Neglect; to be remiss in.

III. Slacken ·adj To Abate; to become less violent.

IV. Slacken ·adj To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.

V. Slacken ·vt To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.

VI. Slacken ·adj To Languish; to Fail; to Flag.

VII. Slacken ·vt To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to Slake; as, to slack lime.

VIII. Slacken ·noun A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.

IX. Slacken ·adj To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to Slake; as, lime slacks.

X. Slacken ·adj To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.

XI. Slacken ·adj To End; to Cease; to Desist; to Slake.

XII. Slacken ·vt To cause to become less intense; to Mitigate; to Abate; to Ease.

XIII. Slacken ·vt To cause to become less eager; to Repress; to make slow or less rapid; to Retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.