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  • English Word Slacken Definition To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.
  • English Word Slacken Definition To abate; to become less violent.
  • English Word Slacken Definition To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.
  • English Word Slacken Definition To languish; to fail; to flag.
  • English Word Slacken Definition To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
  • English Word Slacken Definition To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
  • English Word Slacken Definition To neglect; to be remiss in.
  • English Word Slacken Definition To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.
  • English Word Slacken Definition To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.
  • English Word Slacken Definition To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
  • English Word Slacken Definition A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.
  • English Word Slackened Definition of Slacken
  • English Word Slackening Definition of Slacken
  • English Word Slacking Definition of Slacken
  • English Word Slackly Definition In a slack manner.
  • English Word Slackness Definition The quality or state of being slack.
  • English Word Slade Definition A little dell or valley; a flat piece of low, moist ground.
  • English Word Slade Definition The sole of a plow.
  • English Word Slag Definition The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders.
  • English Word Slag Definition The scoria of a volcano.
  • English Word Slaggy Definition Of or pertaining to slag; resembling slag; as, slaggy cobalt.
  • English Word Slaie Definition A weaver's reed; a sley.
  • English Word Slain Definition of Slay
  • English Word Slake Definition To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
  • English Word Slake Definition To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.
  • English Word Slake Definition To go out; to become extinct.
  • English Word Slake Definition To abate; to become less decided.
  • English Word Slake Definition To slacken; to become relaxed.
  • English Word Slake Definition To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes.
  • English Word Slaked Definition of Slake