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Definition of Slackening

Slackening
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.

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- In physics, tension is described as the pulling force transmitted axially by the means of a string, a rope, chain, or similar object, or by each end of...
- than a squall, which lasts minutes. A gust may be followed by a lull (or slackening) in the wind speed. Generally, winds are least gusty over large water...
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- "... a measure that was without precedent". Wellington, noticing the slackening of fire from La Haye Sainte, with his staff rode closer to it. French...
- which proved a near-accurate observation. Guerrilla operations, which slackened during the training phase, picked up after August. Economic and military...
- and granted them salvation were in error. Christians, he said, must not slacken in following Christ on account of such false ****urances. According to one...
- pages to get going, and when it does, the pace, paradoxically, seems to slacken." The 2009 BBC Radio 4 adaptation stars Ian Hart as Ripley, Helen Longworth...
- 2020. Hern, Alex (November 11, 2020). "Facebook, QAnon and the world's slackening grip on reality". The Guardian. Archived from the original on November...
- 1880, the old immigration of Germans, British, Irish, and Scandinavians slackened off. The United States was producing large numbers of new unskilled jobs...
- doubleheader four days later. By the end of July, he had 37, but his pace slackened somewhat after that. Nevertheless, on September 4, he both tied and broke...