Slackening

verb

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.verbTo gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.

"The pace slackened."

2.verbTo make slack, less taut, or less intense.

3.verbTo deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.

"to slacken lime"

4.nounThe act by which something slackens; loss of speed, tautness, etc.

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