| Sounds | slae'k | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | aback ... zodiac: 126 rhymes with aek... | |
| Meaning | not tense or taut. | |
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| Synonym | loose | |
| Broader | lax | Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience |
| Nouns | slack | a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely |
| slack, slackness | the quality of being loose (not taut) | |
| Adverbs | slackly | in a relaxed manner |
| Meaning | Flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide. | |
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| Example | "slack water" | |
| Broader | standing | (of fluids) not moving or flowing |
| Spanish | flojo | |
| Nouns | slack | a stretch of water without current or movement |
| Meaning | lacking in rigor or strictness. | |
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| Example | "slack in maintaining discipline" | |
| Synonym | lax | |
| Broader | negligent | Characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern |
| Spanish | descuidado | |
| Catalan | descuidat | |
| Nouns | slackness | the quality of being lax and neglectful |
| Meaning | dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus | The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up |
| Spanish | carbonilla | |
| Verbs | slack | cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water |
| Meaning | A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality. | |
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| Example | "a gradual slack in output" | |
| Synonyms | slump, drop-off, falloff, falling off | |
| Broader | deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening | Process of changing to an inferior state |
| Spanish | bajón, caída | |
| Catalan | caiguda, davallada | |
| Verbs | slack | make less active or fast |
| slack | make less active / active / active or intense | |
| slack | become slow or slower | |
| Meaning | A stretch of water without current or movement. | |
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| Example | "suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless" | |
| Synonym | slack water | |
| Broader | stretch | A large and unbroken expanse or distance |
| Adjectives | slack | flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide |
| Meaning | A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot. | |
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| Synonyms | mire, quagmire, quag, morass | |
| Broader | bog, peat bog | wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation |
| Spanish | barrizal, cenagal, ciénaga, fangal, lodacero, lodazal, moca, pantano, tolla, tremedal | |
| Catalan | fangar, fanguera, fanguissar, pantà, zona pantanosa | |
| Meaning | The quality of being loose (not taut). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope" | |
| Synonym | slackness | |
| Broader | looseness, play | movement or space for movement |
| Spanish | flojedad | |
| Catalan | fluixedat, fluixesa | |
| Adjectives | slack | not tense or taut |
| Verbs | slack | release tension on |
| Meaning | A cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he took up the slack" | |
| Broader | cord | A line made of twisted fibers or threads |
| Adjectives | slack | not tense or taut |
| Verbs | slack | release tension on |
| Meaning | avoid responsibilities and work, be idle. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick | avoid (one's assigned duties) |
| Spanish | gallofear, gandulear, haraganear, holgazanear, remolonear, zanganear | |
| Catalan | dropejar, gallofejar, gandulejar, mandrejar, remolejar, ronsejar, sornejar | |
| Nouns | slacker | a person who shirks / shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) |
| slacking | the evasion of work or duty | |
| Meaning | Be inattentive to, or neglect. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He slacks his attention" | |
| Broader | neglect | fail to attend to |
| Spanish | desatender | |
| Catalan | descurar, dropejar, gallofejar, gandulejar, mandrejar, remolejar, ronsejar, sornejar | |
| Nouns | slacking | the evasion of work or duty |
| Meaning | Release tension on. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "slack the rope" | |
| Broader | loosen, loose | make loose or looser |
| Spanish | aflojar, destensar, flaquear, remolonear | |
| Catalan | afluixar, destesar, flaquejar | |
| Nouns | slack | a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely |
| slack | the quality of being loose (not taut) | |
| Meaning | make less active or fast. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "He slackened his pace as he got tired" | |
| Synonyms | slacken, slack up, relax | |
| Broader | decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
| Spanish | aflojar, moderar, remitir, soltarse | |
| Catalan | afluixar, alentir, deixar anar, moderar, remetre | |
| Nouns | slack | a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality |
| Meaning | Become slow or slower. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | slow, slow down, slow up, slacken | |
| Broader | weaken | Become weaker |
| Spanish | aflojar, aminorar, frenar, retardar | |
| Catalan | alentir, frenar, minorar, moderar, remolejar, retardar, ronsejar, sornejar | |
| Nouns | slack | a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality |
| Meaning | make less active / active / active or intense. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | slake, abate | |
| Broader | decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
| Spanish | aflojar, amainar, disminuir, mitigar, reducir | |
| Catalan | amainar, amansir, asserenar, debilitar, defallir, disminuir, mitigar, reduir | |
| Nouns | slack | a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality |
| Meaning | Become less in amount or intensity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | abate, let up, slack off, die away | |
| Broader | decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range |
| Spanish | amainar, amansar, ceder, mitigar | |
| Catalan | amainar, amansir-se, asserenar-se, cedir, cessar, encalmar-se, morir, parar | |
| Meaning | Cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "slack lime" | |
| Synonym | slake | |
| Narrower | air-slake | Alter by exposure to air with conversion at least in part to a carbonate |
| Broader | hydrate | Cause to be hydrated |
| Spanish | apagar | |
| Catalan | apagar | |
| Nouns | slack | dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve |
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