SLACK — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
slack
A cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely.
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- He took up the slack.
The condition of being loose (not taut).
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- He hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope.
A stretch of water without current or movement.
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- Suddenly they were in slack water.
A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality.
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- The team went into a slump.
- A gradual slack in output.
- A drop-off in attendance.
- A falloff in quality.
Dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve.
Cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water.
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- Slack lime.
Become less in amount or intensity.
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- The storm abated.
- The rain let up after a few hours.
Make less active or intense.
Become slow or slower.
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- Production slowed.
Make less active or fast.
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- He slackened his pace as he got tired.
- Don't relax your efforts now.
Release tension on.
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- Slack the rope.
Be inattentive to, or neglect.
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- He slacks his attention.
Avoid responsibilities and work, be idle.
Lacking in rigor or strictness.
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- Such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable.
- Lax in attending classes.
- Slack in maintaining discipline.
Flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide.
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- Slack water.
Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience.
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- Flaccid muscles.
- Took his lax hand in hers.
- Gave a limp handshake.
- A limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton.
- A slack grip.
Not tense or taut.
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- The old man's skin hung loose and gray.
- Slack and wrinkled skin.
- Slack sails.
- A slack rope.
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