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| VERB | 1 | slacken, slow, slow down, slow up, slack | Become slow or slower |
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| 2 | slacken, slack, slack up, relax | Make less active or fast | |
| 3 | slacken | Become looser or slack | |
| 4 | slacken, remit | Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness |
| Sounds | slae'kahn |
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| Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn... |
| Meaning | Become slow or slower. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | slow, slow down, slow up, slack |
| Broader | weaken |
| Meaning | Make less active or fast. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "He slackened his pace as he got tired" |
| Synonyms | slack, slack up, relax |
| Broader | decrease, lessen, minify |
| Meaning | Become looser or slack. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "the rope slackened" |
| Caused by | slacken, remit |
| Broader | weaken |
| See also | slacken off |
| Meaning | Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | remit |
| Cause to | slacken |
| Broader | loosen, loose |
| Narrower | douse, dowse |
| Nouns | slackening |
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