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Slack
Nghe phát âm
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Adjective
not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose
negligent; careless; remiss
- slack proofreading.
slow, sluggish, or indolent
not active or busy; dull; not brisk
moving very slowly, as the tide, wind, or water.
weak; lax.
Nautical . easy ( def. 15a ) .
Adverb
in a slack manner.
Noun
a slack condition or part.
the part of a rope, sail, or the like, that hangs loose, without strain upon it.
a decrease in activity, as in business or work
a period of decreased activity.
Geography . a cessation in a strong flow, as of a current at its turn.
a depression between hills, in a hillside, or in the land surface.
Prosody . (in sprung rhythm) the unaccented syllable or syllables.
British Dialect . a morass; marshy ground; a hollow or dell with soft, wet ground at the bottom.
Verb (used with object)
to be remiss in respect to (some matter, duty, right, etc.); shirk; leave undone
to make or allow to become less active, vigorous, intense, etc.; relax (efforts, labor, speed, etc.); lessen; moderate (often fol. by up ).
to make loose, or less tense or taut, as a rope; loosen (often fol. by off or out ).
to slake (lime).
Verb (used without object)
to be remiss; shirk one's duty or part.
to become less active, vigorous, rapid, etc. (often fol. by up )
to become less tense or taut, as a rope; to ease off.
to become slaked, as lime. ?
Idiom
take up the slack
- to pull in or make taut a loose section of a rope, line, wire, etc.
- Take up the slack before releasing the kite.
- to provide or compensate for something that is missing or incomplete
- New sources of oil will take up the slack resulting from the embargo.
Antonyms
adjective
noun
Synonyms
adjective
- dull , easy , feeble , flabby , flaccid , flexible , flimsy , inert , infirm , laggard , lax , leisurely , limp , not taut , passive , quaggy , quiet , relaxed , sloppy , slow , slow-moving , sluggish , soft , supine , unsteady , weak , asleep on the job , behindhand , careless , delinquent , derelict , dilatory , disregardful , dormant , easy-going , faineant , idle , inactive , inattentive , indolent , lackadaisical , lethargic , neglectful , not busy , permissive , quiescent , regardless , remiss , slothful , stagnant , tardy , down , off
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phrasal verb
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Slack-baked
improperly baked., imperfectly made. -
Slack off
not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose, negligent; careless; remiss, slow, sluggish, or indolent, not active or busy; dull; not brisk, moving very slowly,... -
Slack water
a period when a body of water is between tides., water that is free of currents. -
Slacken
to make or become less active, vigorous, intense, etc., to make or become looser or less taut., verb, let up , loose , loosen , relax , slack , untighten... -
Slackening
an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind"[syn: relaxation... -
Slacker
a person who evades his or her duty or work; shirker., a person who evades military service., an esp. educated young person who is antimaterialistic, purposeless,... -
Slackness
not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose, negligent; careless; remiss, slow, sluggish, or indolent, not active or busy; dull; not brisk, moving very slowly,... -
Slag
also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore., the scoria from a volcano.,... -
Slaggy
of, pertaining to, or like slag. -
Slain
pp. of slay. -
Slake
to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying., to cool or refresh, to make less active, vigorous, intense, etc., to cause disintegration of (lime)... -
Slakeless
to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying., to cool or refresh, to make less active, vigorous, intense, etc., to cause disintegration of (lime)... -
Slalom
skiing . a downhill race over a winding and zigzag course marked by poles or gates. compare giant slalom ., any winding or zigzag course marked by obstacles... -
Slam
to shut with force and noise, to dash, strike, knock, thrust, throw, slap down, etc., with violent and noisy impact, informal . to criticize harshly; attack... -
Slander
defamation; calumny, a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report, law . defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc.,... -
Slanderer
defamation; calumny, a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report, law . defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc.,... -
Slanderous
defamation; calumny, a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report, law . defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc.,... -
Slang
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language,... -
Slanginess
of, of the nature of, or containing slang, using much slang, a slangy expression ., slangy speech . -
Slangy
of, of the nature of, or containing slang, using much slang, a slangy expression ., slangy speech .
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