Word

slacken, v.
(slackened, slackening, slackens)
freq. cnt. 5

become slow or slower
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

slack slacken slow slow down slow up

sample sentences

"Production slowed"

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derivationally related form

slowing

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

slowdown

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

slack

semantic pointers

hypernym

weaken

make less active or fast
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

relax slack slack up slacken

sample sentences

"He slackened his pace as he got tired"
"Don't relax your efforts now"

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derivationally related form

slack

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

relaxation

semantic pointers

hypernym

decrease, lessen, minify

make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
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remit slacken

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

slackening

semantic pointers

hypernym

loosen, loose

cause

slacken

hyponym

douse, dowse

become looser or slack
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slacken

sample sentences

"the rope slackened"

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lexical pointers

also see

slacken off

semantic pointers

hypernym

weaken