Slacken Definition

slăkən
slackened, slackening, slackens
verb
slackened, slackening, slackens
To make or become slower; slow down.
The runners slackened their pace. Air speed slackened.
American Heritage
To make or become less tense, taut, or firm; loosen.
I slackened the line to let the fish swim. The sail's sheet slackened as the wind died.
American Heritage
To make or become less vigorous, intense, or severe; ease.
Slacken discipline; afraid that morale might slacken.
American Heritage
To reduce the intensity or severity of; retard; abate; moderate.
Webster's New World
To become less active, intense, brisk, etc.
Slackening trade.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Slacken

  • From Old English slÇ£can

    From Wiktionary

Slacken Sentence Examples

  • Suddenly the threads that moved them began to slacken and become entangled and it grew difficult to move.

  • After two years' discipleship the Hegelian influence began to slacken.

  • He was growing old; the in.doinitable energy of his early career was beginning to slacken; his dreams of extended empire were vanishing.

  • Very soon the barons began to return to their allegiance, or at least to slacken in their support of Louis, who had given much offence by his openly displayed distrust of his partisans and his undisguised preference for his French followers.

  • Table Potential, Dissipation, Ioniz If we regard the potential gradient near the ground as representing a negative charge on the earth, then if the source of supply of that charge is unaffected the gradient will rise and become high when the operations by which discharge is promoted slacken their activity.

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Words Starting With

SSLSLA

Words Ending With

NENKEN

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Words Starting With S and Ending With N

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