2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slack \Slack\, Slacken \Slack"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Slacked}, {Slackened}; p. pr & vb n. {Slacking},
{Slackening}.] [See {Slack}, a.]
1. To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to
decrease in tension; as a wet cord slackens in dry
weather.
2. To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
3. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination
with water; to slake; as lime slacks.
4. To abate; to become less violent.
Whence these raging fires Will slacken, if his
breath stir not their flames. --Milton.
5. To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as a current of
water slackens.
6. To languish; to fail to flag.
7. To end to cease; to desist; to slake. [Obs.]
That through your death your lineage should slack.
--Chaucer.
They will not of that firste purpose slack.
--Chaucer.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
slackening
n : an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the
relaxation of requirements": "the loosening of his grip";
"the slackening of the wind" [syn: {relaxation}, {loosening}]
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