Slack: alternatives and connections

Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.

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Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.

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Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed i…

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Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed i…

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of Stand

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of Stand

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A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.

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A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

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Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base.

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The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.

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To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

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A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus.

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To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.

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Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portion…

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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.

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A compound formed by the union of water with some other substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized salts.

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A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.

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To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, ran…

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Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a…

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The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.

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To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen.

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Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to di…

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls.

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To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

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To reach out; to extend; to put forth.

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To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…

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The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration.

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The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration.

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One who shirks.

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One who shirks.

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The quality or state of being slack.

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The quality or state of being slack.

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To beat down; to overthrow.

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Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.

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Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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An ant.

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A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.

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A quagmire.

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Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet.

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To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the…

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To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.

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The quality or state of being slack.

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To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.

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imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

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