What is the name meaning of SLACK. Phrases containing SLACK
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SLACK
Boy/Male
Biblical
Weak, slacked.
Biblical
weak; slacked
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : nickname for an idle person, from Middle Dutch slac, Middle English slack, ‘lazy’, ‘careless’.English : topographic name from northern Middle English slack ‘shallow valley’ (Old Norse slakki), or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word, for example near Stainland and near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire.Scottish (Dumfriesshire) : habitational name, maybe from Slake or Slack in Roberton, Roxburghshire (now part of Borders region).It may also be an Americanized spelling of Slovenian Slak, a nickname from slak ‘bindweed’.
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adv.
In a slack manner.
v. t.
To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.
superl.
Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.
a.
Alt. of Slacken
n.
The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.
imp. & p. p.
of Slacken
a.
To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.
superl.
Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.
a.
To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.
a.
To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.
n.
The quality or state of being slack.
v. t.
Alt. of Slacken
v. t.
To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
adv.
Slackly; as, slack dried hops.
v. t.
To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.
superl.
Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.
superl.
Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Slacken