slacken

[US]/'slæk(ə)n/
[UK]/'slækən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. become less tight or tense; become slower
vt. make slower; make looser

Phrases & Collocations

slacken the pace

slacken regulations

slacken the tension

slacken the rope

Example Sentences

Work slackens on a hot day.

Slacken your legs and slowly lie back.

The car has slackened its speed.

slacken discipline; afraid that morale might slacken.

the joints can be tightened and slackened off again.

The runners slackened their pace. Air speed slackened.

We’ve been really busy, but things are starting to slacken off now.

Better have no war for a thousand days than slacken your vigilance for one day.

I slackened the line to let the fish swim. The tension in the board room finally slackened.

Real-world Examples

But soon, the reins slackened in his hands.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

The tempo never slackens in this erudite book.

Source: The Economist - Arts

As economic growth slows, demand for oil would slacken.

Source: New York Times

But, when the brief summer comes, temperatures rise and winds slacken.

Source: Earth's Pulse Season 2 (Original Soundtrack)

If you move the stick fast enough, you don't have to slacken your pace.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 2

Fudges plump face seemed to slacken, as though somebody had let the air out of it.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

He thought awhile, and then asked his crew if it was not time to slacken speed.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

What if the financial lifeline allowed countries to slacken the pace of reforms, or made life easier for Iran?

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The upward rush of the machine slackened off; a moment later they were hanging motionless in the air.

Source: Brave New World

So that means that temperature difference is slackening or weakening.

Source: PBS Earth - Climate Change

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