slackens

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third-person singular of slacken
slacken
To make slack, less taut, or less intense

Elk slackened the rope so he could walk farther away, and together they went awkwardly up the trail toward the grassy little flat.

slacken
To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack

He seemed tired, and the Rat let him rest unquestioned, understanding something of what was in his thoughts; knowing, too, the value all animals attach at times to mere silent companionship, when the weary muscles slacken and the mind marks time.

slacken
{n} dross, scoria of metals
slacken
{v} to loosen, be remiss, flag, abate, unbend
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To gradually decrease in intensity; to become slack
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To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks
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To end; to cease; to desist; to slake
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If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense. Inflationary pressures continued to slacken last month The Conservative government will not slacken the pace of radical reform. + slackening slack·en·ing There was a slackening of western output during the 1930s
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To be remiss or backward; to be negligent
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To reduce the intensity (of something)
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To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry
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If your grip or a part of your body slackens or if you slacken your grip, it becomes looser or more relaxed. Her grip slackened on Arnold's arm
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become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
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To neglect; to be remiss in
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make slack as by lessening tension or firmness become looser or slack; "the rope slackened
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To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime
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To abate; to become less violent
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make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
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To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens
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become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"
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A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion
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To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather
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make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
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To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage
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To languish; to fail; to flag
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To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease
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{f} slow down, decelerate; loosen; ease, make less intense
slackens

    Турецкое произношение

    släkınz

    Произношение

    /ˈslakənz/ /ˈslækənz/
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