Definitions for the word, slacken

(a.) To abate; to become less violent.

(a.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.

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

(a.) To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.

(a.) To languish; to fail; to flag.

(a.) To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.

(a.) To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.

(n.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.

(v. t.) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.

(v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.

(v. t.) To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.

(v. t.) To neglect; to be remiss in.

(v. t.) To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.


113 words found in the Scrabble word, slacken



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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