Slacken: alternatives and connections

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

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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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To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.

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To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.

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To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

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To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

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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 send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

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Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

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imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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