eng: slack - UWN/MENTA

eng: slack

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Meaning
means	(noun) dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve slack
means	(noun) a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" falling off, drop-off, falloff, slump, slack
means	(noun) a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless" slack water, slack
means	(noun) a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot mire, slack, quag, morass, quagmire
means	(noun) the quality of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope" slack, slackness
means	(noun) a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; "he took up the slack" slack
means	(verb) avoid responsibilities and work, be idle slack
means	(verb) be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention" slack
means	(verb) release tension on; "slack the rope" slack
means	(verb) make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" slacken, relax, slack, slack up
means	(verb) become slow or slower; "Production slowed" slow up, slow, slacken, slow down, slack
means	(verb) make less active or intense slake, slack, abate
means	(verb) become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" slack off, slack, let up, abate, die away
means	(verb) cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime" slack, slake
means	(adjective) not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope" slack, loose
means	(adjective) flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water" slack
means	(adjective) lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline" slack, lax

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