slacken

slack·en  (slkn)

tr. & intr.v. slack·ened, slack·en·ing, slack·ens

1. To make or become slower; slow down: The runners slackened their pace. Air speed slackened.

2. To make or become less tense, taut, or firm; loosen: I slackened the line to let the fish swim. The tension in the board room finally slackened.

3. To make or become less vigorous, intense, or severe; ease: slacken discipline; afraid that morale might slacken.

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slacken

Verb

(often foll. by off)

1. to make or become looser

2. to make or become slower or less intense: to slacken the pace of reform

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	slacken - become slow or slower; "Production slowed" slow up, slow, slow down, slack weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
	2.	slacken - make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" slack up, slack, relax minify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
	3.	slacken - become looser or slack; "the rope slackened" weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" ease off, slacken off, ease up, flag - become less intense
	4.	slacken - make slack as by lessening tension or firmness remit loosen, loose - make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope" dowse, douse - slacken; "douse a rope"

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slacken

verb (often with off) lessen, reduce, decrease, ease (off), moderate, diminish, slow down, drop off, abate, let up, slack off

Translations

slacken [ˈslækn] (also: slacken off) vi → aflojarse

vt → aflojar [+ speed]; disminuir

slacken [ˈslækn] (also: slacken off) vi → ralentir, diminuer

vt → relâcher

slacken [ˈslækn] slack vi (also: slacken off) (speed, rain) → nachlassen: (pace) → langsamer werden: (demand) → zurückgehen

vt (grip) → lockern;

(speed) → verringern;

(pace) → verlangsamen

slacken [ˈslækn] (also: slacken off) vi → rallentare, diminuire

vt → allentare [+ pressure]; diminuire