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 [ˈslækən]

vb (often foll by off)

1. to make or become looser

2. to make or become slower, less intense, etc.

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)

1. lessen, reduce, decrease, ease (off), moderate, diminish, slow down, drop off, abate, let up, slack off Inflationary pressures continued to slacken last month.

2. loosen, release, relax, weaken, lessen, become looser Her grip slackened on his arm.

Translations

slacken [ˈslækn]

A. VT [+ reins] → aflojar (fig) [+ policy] → aflojar
he slackened his grip on her wrist → dejó de apretarle tan fuerte la muñeca
to slacken one's pace → aflojar el paso
to slacken speed [person] → aflojar el paso; [vehicle] → disminuir la velocidad

B. VI

1. (= loosen) [rope] → aflojarse; [muscle] → ponerse flácido

2. (= reduce) [activity, demand] → disminuir, bajar; [trade] → decaer; [wind, rain] → amainar
business tends to slacken in summer → el comercio tiende a decaer en verano

slacken off (esp Brit)

A. VI + ADV

1. (= be less active) [person] → aflojar el ritmo(de trabajo, de juego, )
their game slackened off in the second half → su juego perdió ímpetu en la segunda mitad

2. (= reduce) [demand, production] → disminuir, bajar

B. VT + ADV [+ rope] → aflojar

slacken up VI + ADV = slacken off A1

slacken [ˈslækən] slacken off

vi

(= slow down) [pace] → ralentir; [business, trade] → ralentir; [interest] → retomber; [pressure] → se relâcher; [rain] → se calmer
Simon allowed his pace to slacken → Simon ralentit l'allure.

(= loosen) [grip, muscles] → se relâcher; [rope, cable] → se détendre

vt

(= slow down) [+ pace] → ralentir; [+ speed] → réduire
to slacken one's pace → ralentir l'allure

(= loosen) [+ grip, rope] → relâcher

slacken off

vi [business, trade] → ralentir; [pressure] → se relâcher; [interest] → retomber; [rain] → se calmer

slacken

vt

(= loosen) → lockern

(= reduce) → vermindern, verringern

vi

(= become loose) → sich lockern

(speed) → sich verringern; (rate of development) → sich verlangsamen; (wind, demand, market) → abflauen, nachlassen

slacken [ˈslækn] (also slacken off)

1. vt (rope, grip, reins, nut) → allentare; (pressure) → diminuire
to slacken speed → ridurre la velocità
to slacken one's pace → rallentare il passo

2. vi (gen) → allentarsi; (pressure, speed, activity) → diminuire, rallentare; (gale) → placarsi; (trade) → calare, ridursi

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slacken [ˈslækn] (also slacken off)

1. vt (rope, grip, reins, nut) → allentare; (pressure) → diminuire
to slacken speed → ridurre la velocità
to slacken one's pace → rallentare il passo

2. vi (gen) → allentarsi; (pressure, speed, activity) → diminuire, rallentare; (gale) → placarsi; (trade) → calare, ridursi