SLACKEN


Meaning of SLACKEN in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

the pace slows/slackens

After a surge in exports, the pace slackened considerably the following year.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

off

A good tree tie will be adjustable and easy to slacken off .

After a while I slackened off a bit, I suppose, but I always hid the People magazines.

I might slacken off when I got established - perhaps after ten years or so.

■ NOUN

pace

The pace did not slacken in the fifth.

The pace never slackens , the action just keeps accelerating.

We are not sitting back in self-congratulation and the pace will not be slackened .

In the following years, the pace hardly slackened .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Slacken off the line, and pull the fishing rod towards you.

Don't allow the reins to slacken , keep them taut.

The boat surged forwards as he slackened the rope.

The skin of her face had slackened.

Workers can be trained to do other tasks when sales slacken .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Again the firing slackens....

But it should slacken when the leash is held normally.

I pointed out that by slackening our programme efforts we would simply court mediocrity.

Rose, exhausted with running, slackened her pace a little and took in long gulps of air.

She would not even slacken speed as she raced through the far-ranging Jovian satellite system.

Support within the Labour Party for united action with the Communist Party slackened considerably after the results of the trials become known.

The company has slashed prices to fend off competitors and pump up slackening demand.

The rain slackened for a few moments, then came harder.

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