slacken
to make or become less active, vigorous, intense, etc.
to make or become looser or less taut.
Origin of slacken
1Other words for slacken
Opposites for slacken
Other words from slacken
- un·slack·ened, adjective
- un·slack·en·ing, adjective
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How to use slacken in a sentence
Here was no two-miles plod back again over the burning asphalt, slackening every nerve that had been braced up by the bathe.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsIn the meantime, the speed was slackening, and by and by the harsh tolling of the locomotive bell echoed among the pines.
The Girl From Keller's | Harold BindlossScarcely slackening his pace he started up the long road by the hill.
Patchwork | Anna Balmer MyersAfter a time the animals seemed to him to be slackening their speed.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas | Frank Gee PatchinAll this makes the slackening of vigor toward the end of a long novel comprehensible.
Seeing Things at Night | Heywood Broun
British Dictionary definitions for slacken
/ (ˈslækən) /
to make or become looser
to make or become slower, less intense, etc
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