Found 3 items, similar to Slackened.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: slacken melarapkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: slacken slacken v 1: become slow or slower; “Production slowed” [syn: slow, slow down , slow up, slack] 2: make less active or fast; “He slackened his pace as he got tired”; “Don't relax your efforts now” [syn: slack, slack up , relax] 3: become looser or slack; “the rope slackened” 4: make slack as by lessening tension or firmness [syn: remit]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Slackened Slack \Slack\, Slacken \Slack"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slacked, Slackened; p. pr. & vb. n. Slacking, Slackening.] [See Slack, a.] 1. To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather. [1913 Webster] 2. To be remiss or backward; to be negligent. [1913 Webster] 3. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks. [1913 Webster] 4. To abate; to become less violent. [1913 Webster] Whence these raging fires Will slacken, if his breath stir not their flames. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens. [1913 Webster] 6. To languish; to fail; to flag. [1913 Webster] 7. To end; to cease; to desist; to slake. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] That through your death your lineage should slack. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] They will not of that firste purpose slack. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]