slacken
['slækәn]
vt. 使松, 松,

vi. 松, 减, 松劲

[] 松



slacken
[ verb ]

1. become slow or slower

<verb.change> slack slow slow down slow up
Production slowed

2. make less active or fast

<verb.change> relax slack slack up
He slackened his pace as he got tired
Don't relax your efforts now

3. become looser or slack

<verb.change>
the rope slackened

4. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

<verb.change> remit

Slacken \Slack"en\, n. (Metal.)
A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters
mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion. [Written
also {slakin}.]


Slack \Slack\, Slacken \Slack"en\, v. t.
1. To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack
a rope; to slacken a bandage. --Wycklif (Acts xxvii. 40)

2. To neglect; to be remiss in. [Obs.] --Shak.

Slack not the pressage. --Dryden.

3. To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water;
to slake; as, to slack lime.

4. To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or
less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken
industry. ``Rancor for to slack.'' --Chaucer.

I should be grieved, young prince, to think my
presence
Unbent your thoughts, and slackened 'em to arms.
--Addison.

In this business of growing rich, poor men should
slack their pace. --South.

With such delay
Well plased, they slack their course. --Milton.

5. To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to
ease.

To respite, or deceive, or slack thy pain
Of this ill mansion. --Milton.

{Air-slacked lime}, lime slacked by exposure to the air, in
consequence of the absorption of carton dioxide and water,
by which it is converted into carbonate of lime and
hydrate of lime.


Slack \Slack\, Slacken \Slack"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Slacked}, {Slackened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slacking},
{Slackening}.] [See {Slack}, a.]
1. To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to
decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry
weather.

2. To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.

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

4. To abate; to become less violent.

Whence these raging fires
Will slacken, if his breath stir not their flames.
--Milton.

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

6. To languish; to fail; to flag.

7. To end; to cease; to desist; to slake. [Obs.]

That through your death your lineage should slack.
--Chaucer.

They will not of that firste purpose slack.
--Chaucer.