slacken

Significado de slacken

Desapertar
Oscilar, afrouxar, abrandar, vacilar, diminuir, enfraquecer.

v. t.

To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
To neglect; to be remiss in.
To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.
To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.
To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion

slow, slow down, slow up, slack, weaken generic term verb, slack, slack up, relax, decrease generic term, lessen generic term, minify generic term verb, weaken generic term, slacken off related term verb, remit, loosen generic term, loose generic term

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