slack
— Verb
– English
~ be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention"
slack
— Verb
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~ avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
slack
— Adjective
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~ flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water"
slack
— Adjective
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~ lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline"
slack
— Adjective
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~ not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"; "a slack grip"
slacken
— Verb
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~ become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
slacken
— Verb
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~ become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"
slacken off
— Verb
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~ become less intense
slacken
— Verb
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~ make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
slacken
— Verb
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~ make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
slackening
— Noun
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~ an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind"
slacker
— Noun
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~ a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
slacking
— Noun
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~ the evasion of work or duty
slackly
— Adverb
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~ in a relaxed manner; not rigid; "his hands lay loosely"
slackness
— Noun
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~ the quality of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"
slackness
— Noun
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~ the quality of being lax and neglectful
slackness
— Noun
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~ weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
slacks
— Noun
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~ (used in the plural) pants for casual wear
slag
— Noun
– English
~ the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
slag code
— Noun
– English
~ a set of instructions inserted into a program that are designed to execute (or `explode') if a particular condition is satisfied; when exploded it may delete or corrupt data, or print a spurious message, or have other harmful effects; "a disgruntled employee planted a logic bomb"