Slacken

What do we mean by slacken?

To make or become slower; slow down. transitive & intransitive verb

To make or become less tense, taut, or firm; loosen. transitive & intransitive verb

To make or become less vigorous, intense, or severe; ease. transitive & intransitive verb

The slags or cinder from previous fusions, used in smelting operations to mix with natural ores and to retard fusion of the ores until reduction shall have proceeded to the desired point. noun

To become slack.

To become less active; fall off: as, trade slackened; the demand slackens; prices slacken

To become remiss or neglectful, as of duty.

To make slack or slacker.

To abate; moderate; lessen; diminish the intensity, severity, rate, etc., of; hence, to mitigate; assuage; relieve: as, to slacken one's pace; to slacken cares.

To be or become remiss in or neglectful of; remit; relax: as, to slacken labor or exertion.

A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion. noun

To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack. verb

To make slack, less taut, or less intense. verb

Make less active or fast verb

Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness verb

Become looser or slack verb

Become slow or slower verb

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

To make slack, less taut, or less intense.

To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.

Words that are spelled similarly to slacken:
slacken, slacker, blacken, slocken, slicken, slacked, glacken, lacken.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word slacken:
false, pitch, christ, speed, account, fire, off, once, men.

Words that rhyme with slacken:
bracken, chaconne, blacken, takin, racon, flacon, mccracken, slakin, lakin, brackin, machen, makin, yakin, back in, bakken, jack in, brakpan, mackin, pack in, chacon, macken, glacken, french bracken, hakon, false bracken, glackin, mcmakin, aback in, aca in, ack in, almanac in, attack in, baca in, backpack in, backtrack in, bak in, bakke in, biofeedback in, black in, blackjack in, brac in, brack in, braque in, cac in, cadillac in, cardiac in, chirac in, clack in, claque in, cognac in, comeback in, compaq in, counterattack in, crack in, cutback in, dac in, dacca in, drawback in, eniac in, fac in, fallback in, feedback in, flack in, flak in, flashback in, fullback in, haccp in, hack in, hakka in, halfback in, haq in, hardback in, haystack in, horseback in, hunchback in, kickback in, knack in, knapsack in, kodak in, kodiak in, lac in, lack in, lilac in, lilac inn, lumberjack in, mac in, mack in, makkah in, malacca in, maniac in, mccrackin, mcmackin, merrimack in, outback in, pac in, pak in, paperback in, paranoiac in, payback in, plaque in.

Adjectives that are often used to describe slacken:
fire, swiss, wise, current, wind, little, least, rate.

Consonant match to slacken:
slakin, slicken, sloakan, slack in, slake in, sleek in, sleek on, slick in, slocan, sloka in, slow can.

Words that sound like slacken:
slacken, slakin, slocan, slicken, sloakan, slacking, slogan, slackened, slocum, sakon, slackens, slocomb, slocumb, slaking, slagging, slicking, sakin, slatkin, sleeking, second, silicon, sicken, secon, soken, sagen, slaton, sucken, sluka, suchen, slack line, secan, sloka, slatten, sicon, slickens, slatton, flacon, schlagen, glacken, zakon, sacking, slugging, slavin, slogging, suck in, soak in, sock in, slack, slacker, slacks, blacken, silicone, saxon, silken, slogans, sagan, slacked, sachin, sloven, saccharin, seguin, cecum, slauson, slan, slaven, lacken, slackening, skun, sken, lachen, slayton, sleeky, slac, slaggy, slackly, skon, slawson, sacca, sinken, serkan, slaten, segen, glackin, sletten, sackman, lacon, siegen, cygan, sachen, skagen, slighten, sachsen, slick down, sick on, sacn, sicom, slow coach, sai kung, saugen, slack up.