Slacken synonyms
slăk'ən
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decrease (related)
To make (a quantity) smaller.
(Chemistry) To decrease the valence of (an atom) by adding electrons.
To reduce the difficulty of (something).
(Intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down.
To reduce for some period of time:
(Music) To reduce (a perfect or a minor interval) by a half step
To signal with or as with a flag; esp., to signal (the driver of a vehicle) to stop
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To make less strict; relax:
To calm down.
To make less taut, less compact, etc.
To cause to be less extreme, intense, or violent.
To become less severe or intense; slacken:
To send money, as in payment; pay
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To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.
To make looser or less taut:
To produce a chemical change in (lime) by combination with water
To sink to a lower level
(Archaic) To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose.
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To abate, lessen, lower, etc.
To become or cause to become less active or intense
From an earlier to a later period or person
So as to be away from or not engaged in work or duty:
or out)
To become or cause to become less active or intense
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To ebb means to move out further into the sea and further from land or to gradually decline or lessen.
Fall is defined as to drop or come down, often unexpectedly.
To slip or fall; esp., to slip into a specified state
To be unproductive; to not perform one's duties.
To produce
give way (or ground)
tighten (related)
(Economics) To make money harder to borrow or obtain.
increase (related)
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
strong (related)
In a strong manner; greatly, severely, vigorously, etc.
(Idiomatic) Decelerate.
(Idiomatic, colloquial) To slow, slow down, decelerate.
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make less active or fast
slowed-down (related)
To make alterations to (land) to make it less polluted or more hospitable to wildlife.
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