v. |
[1] |
slack/slacken off/up
,
let go
,
let run
,
let loose
,
release
,
slacken
,
loose
,
loosen
,
relax
,
ease (out/off)
,
let up (on)slow (down/up)
,
delay
,
reduce speed
,
tire
,
decline
,
decrease
,
diminish
,
moderate
,
abate
,
weaken
|
[2] |
neglect
,
shirk
,
(Colloq) (Brit) skive (off)
,
(US) goof off
,
(Mainly Military) gold-brick
,
(Colloq) (Slang) (US) fuck the dog
|
[3] |
slacken
,
slack up
,
relax
|
[4] |
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
slacken
|
[5] |
slake
,
abate
|
[6] |
abate
,
let up
,
slack off
,
die away
|
[7] |
slake
|
|
n. |
[1] |
slump
,
drop-off
,
falloff
,
falling off
|
[2] |
slack water
|
[3] |
mire
,
quagmire
,
quag
,
morass
|
[4] |
slackness
,
lull
,
pause
,
inactivity
,
cut-back
,
lessening
,
reduction
,
abatement
,
drop-off
,
downturn
,
diminution
,
decline
,
fall-off
,
decrease
,
dwindling
|
[5] |
room
,
looseness
,
slackness
,
play
,
give
|
|
adj. |
[1] |
remiss
,
careless
,
indolent
,
negligent
,
lax
,
lazy
,
idle
,
neglectful
,
delinquent
,
inattentive
,
otiose
,
dilatory
,
cunctatory
,
laggard
,
easygoing
,
slothful
,
sluggish
,
lethargic
,
shiftless
,
do-nothing
,
fain
,
ant
,
(Colloq) asleep at the switch/the wheel
,
asleep on the job
|
[2] |
loose
,
flabby
,
flaccid
,
soft
,
limp
,
baggy
,
drooping
,
droopy
,
bagging
,
sagging
,
floppy
|
[3] |
loose
|
[4] |
lax
|
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