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Slack
slak
- not taut or held tightly in position; loose
"a slack rope"
- (of business or trade) characterized by a lack of work or activity; quiet
"business was rather slack"
- slow or sluggish
"they were working at a slack pace"
- having or showing laziness or negligence
"slack accounting procedures"
- lewd
"the veteran king of slack chat"
- having many sexual encounters or relationships (typically used of a woman)
- (of a tide) neither ebbing nor flowing
"soon the water will become slack, and the tide will turn"
- the part of a rope or line which is not held taut; the loose or unused part
"I picked up the rod and wound in the slack"
- a spell of inactivity or laziness
"he slept deeply, refreshed by a little slack in the daily routine"
- casual trousers
"he put on a grey shirt and loose cotton slacks"
- loosen (something, especially a rope)
"slacking the outhaul allows you to adjust the sail"
- decrease or reduce in intensity, quantity, or speed
"the flow of blood slacked off"
reduce lessen slacken slow ease up/off decrease lessen subside get less let up ease off abate moderate diminish dwindle die down fall off drop off taper off ebb recede wane relax take things easy let up ease up/off do less loosen up slow down be less active slow down slow decelerate reduce speed drop speed put the brakes on - work slowly or lazily
"she ticked off her girls if they were slacking"
- slake (lime)
"150 sacks of lime were slacked by the inrushing water"