Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.
A valley, or small, shallow dell.
The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.
Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.
Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.
Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.
Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.
Slackly; as, slack dried hops.
To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.
To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.
To abate; to become less violent.
To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.
To languish; to fail; to flag.
To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
To neglect; to be remiss in.
To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.
To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.
To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.
Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.
To blame; to find fault with.
To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.
To be in want.
Exclamation of regret or surprise.
