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slackens |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb slacken 1 of 4 senses of slacken Sense 4 slacken, remit => douse, dowse Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb slacken 1 of 4 senses of slacken Sense 4 slacken, remit => douse, dowse Entailment of verb slacken Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb slacken 4 senses of slacken Sense 1 slow, slow down slow up slack, slacken => weaken Sense 2 slack, slacken, slack up => decrease, lessen, minify Sense 3 slacken => weaken Also See-> slacken off#1 Sense 4 slacken, remit => loosen, loose Familiarity of verb slacken slacken used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb slacken Sense 1 slow, slow down slow up slack, slacken => weaken -------------- Sense 2 slack, slacken, slack up => decrease, lessen, minify -------------- Sense 3 slacken => weaken -------------- Sense 4 slacken, remit => loosen, loose -------------- Overview of verb slacken The verb slacken has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (4) slow, slow down slow up slack, slacken -- (become slow or slower; "Production slowed") 2. (1) slack, slacken, slack up -- (make less active or fast "He slackened his pace as he got tired") 3. slacken -- (become looser or slack; "the rope slackened") 4. slacken, remit -- (make slack as by lessening tension or firmness) Overview of verb slacken The verb slacken has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (4) slow, slow down slow up slack, slacken -- (become slow or slower; "Production slowed") 2. (1) slack, slacken, slack up -- (make less active or fast "He slackened his pace as he got tired") 3. slacken -- (become looser or slack; "the rope slackened") 4. slacken, remit -- (make slack as by lessening tension or firmness)
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