Définitions
1.NounThe part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it."the slack of a rope or of a sail; take in the slack"
2.NounA dip in a surface.
3.NounIn particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.
4.NounA low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.
5.NounUnconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
6.NounAttributive form of slacks (“semi-formal trousers”).
7.AdjectiveLax; not tense; not firmly extended."a slack rope"
8.AdjectiveWeak; not holding fast."a slack hand"
9.AdjectiveModerate in some capacity.
Moderately warm."a slack oven; a slack wind"
10.AdjectiveModerately warm."a slack oven"
11.AdjectiveModerate in speed."a slack wind"
12.AdjectiveLacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager."slack in duty or service"
13.AdjectiveNot active or busy, successful, or violent."Business is slack.; the slack period following the main tourist season"
14.AdjectiveExcess; surplus to requirements."the slack capacity of an oil pipeline"
15.AdjectiveVulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
16.AdjectiveLax.
17.AdverbSlackly."slack dried hops; Her clothes hung slack on her."
18.VerbTo slacken.
19.VerbTo mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
20.VerbTo lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake."Lime slacks."
21.VerbTo refuse to work as hard as one is supposed to."I can't afford to slack. This job is all I have!"
22.NounA temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
23.NounA valley, or small, shallow dell; a sag or saddle in a ridge.
24.NounA flat-bottomed, hollow zone within a sand-dune system that has developed over impervious strata, sometimes due to erosion or blow-out of the dune system; its flat base level is therefore close to or at the permanent water-table level, and therefore has rich, marshy flora, with Salix species (willows) as typical woody colonisers.
25.NounSmall coal; coal dust.