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Definition of Slack
1. Noun. Dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve.
2. Adjective. Not tense or taut. "A slack rope"
3. Verb. Avoid responsibilities and work, be idle.
4. Adjective. Flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide. "Slack water"
5. Noun. A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality. "A falloff in quality"
Generic synonyms: Declension, Decline In Quality, Deterioration, Worsening
Derivative terms: Drop Off, Fall Off, Fall Off, Slump
6. Verb. Be inattentive to, or neglect. "He slacks his attention"
7. Verb. Release tension on. "Slack the rope"
8. Noun. A stretch of water without current or movement. "Suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless"
9. Adjective. Lacking in rigor or strictness. "Slack in maintaining discipline"
10. Verb. Make less active or fast. "Don't relax your efforts now"
Generic synonyms: Decrease, Lessen, Minify
Derivative terms: Relaxation
11. Noun. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
Generic synonyms: Bog, Peat Bog
Derivative terms: Mire, Mire, Mire, Miry, Quaggy
12. Verb. Become slow or slower. "Production slowed"
Generic synonyms: Weaken
Derivative terms: Slowing, Slowdown
13. Noun. The quality of being loose (not taut). "He hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"
14. Verb. Make less active or intense.
Generic synonyms: Decrease, Lessen, Minify
Derivative terms: Abatable, Abator
15. Noun. A cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely. "He took up the slack"
16. Verb. Become less in amount or intensity. "The rain let up after a few hours"
Generic synonyms: Decrease, Diminish, Fall, Lessen
Derivative terms: Abatement, Letup
17. Verb. Cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water. "Slack lime"
Definition of Slack
1. n. Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.
2. n. A valley, or small, shallow dell.
3. a. Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.
4. adv. Slackly; as, slack dried hops.
5. n. The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.
6. v. i. To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.
7. v. t. To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
Definition of Slack
1. Noun. Small coal; coal dust. ¹
2. Noun. A valley, or small, shallow dell. ¹
3. Noun. The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it. ¹
4. Noun. A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains. ¹
5. Adjective. Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended. ¹
6. Adjective. Weak; not holding fast. ¹
7. Adjective. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager. ¹
8. Adjective. Not violent, rapid, or pressing. ¹
9. Adverb. Slackly. ¹
10. Verb. (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of. ¹
11. Verb. (context: followed by “off”) to procrastinate; to be lazy ¹
12. Verb. (context: followed by “off”) to refuse or dislike exerting effort ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slack
1. not tight or taut [adj SLACKER, SLACKEST] / to slacken [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: slacken
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slack
Literary usage of Slack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1819)
"Monsieur, on the first set-to, darted with uncommon fury at slack, and seized
him by the throat, and for half a minute held him tight by the rails, ..."
2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1817)
"slack and Othert, by their Guardian, v. slack.—This was a proceeding relative to
the will of Thomas Cartwright slack, Esq. late of Gravel-lane, Aldgate, ..."
3. Capital (1888)
"That credit should contract in the slack season and expand in the busy season is
a safe and simple rule for many, and they would view any deviation with ..."
4. Coal Mining in Arkansas by Alvin Arthur Steel (1910)
"Proportion of slack increased. The law has made the companies powerless to regulate
the amount of their coal which is shot into slack, with the result that ..."
5. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament by Great Britain Parliament (1905)
"slack said he would accept those words, and begged leave to withdraw his Amendment.
... slack then moved a further new clause 'dealing with the audit of ..."
6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"Said slack, dirt and refuse was, during the time mentioned, carried by Sugar Run
and its tributaries into and along Monday Creek, filling up the channel ..."
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