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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Slackest (0.02176 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Slackest.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: slack anggal, kekenduran, kendor, lengang, malas
English → English (WordNet) Definition: slack slack adj 1: not tense or taut; “the old man's skin hung loose and gray”; “slack and wrinkled skin”; “slack sails”; “a slack rope” [syn: loose] 2: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; “flaccid muscles”; “took his lax hand in hers”; “gave a limp handshake”; “a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know” G.K.Chesterton; “a slack grip” [syn: flaccid, lax, limp] 3: flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; “slack water” 4: lacking in rigor or strictness; “such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable”; “lax in attending classes”; “slack in maintaining discipline” [syn: lax] slack v 1: avoid responsibilities and work, be idle 2: be inattentive to, or neglect; “He slacks his attention” 3: release tension on; “slack the rope” 4: make less active or fast; “He slackened his pace as he got tired”; “Don't relax your efforts now” [syn: slacken, slack up , relax] 5: become slow or slower; “Production slowed” [syn: slow, slow down , slow up, slacken] 6: make less active or intense [syn: slake, abate] 7: become less in amount or intensity; “The storm abated”; “The rain let up after a few hours” [syn: abate, let up, slack off , die away] 8: cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; “slack lime” [syn: slake] slack n 1: dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve 2: a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; “the team went into a slump”; “a gradual slack in output”; “a drop-off in attendance”; “a falloff in quality” [syn: slump, drop-off, falloff, falling off] 3: a stretch of water without current or movement; “suddenly they were in slack water” 4: the condition of being loose (not taut); “he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope” [syn: slackness] 5: a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; “he took up the slack”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Slackest Slack \Slack\, a. [Compar. Slacker; superl. Slackest.] [OE. slak, AS. sleac; akin to OS. slak, OHG. slah, Prov. G. schlack, Icel. slakr, Sw. slak; cf. Skr. s[.r]j to let loose, to throw. Cf. Slake.] Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope. [1913 Webster] 2. Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service. [1913 Webster] The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness. --2 Pet. iii. 9. [1913 Webster] 4. Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack. “With slack pace.” --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] C?sar . . . about sunset, hoisting sail with a slack southwest, at midnight was becalmed. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Slack in stays (Naut.), slow in going about, as a ship. Slack water, the time when the tide runs slowly, or the water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and reflux of the tide. Slack-water navigation, navigation in a stream the depth of which has been increased, and the current diminished, by a dam or dams. [1913 Webster] Syn: Loose; relaxed; weak; remiss; backward; abated; diminished; inactive; slow; tardy; dull. [1913 Webster]

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