slack

not tight, taut, firm, or tense;

negligent; careless; remiss.

slow, sluggish, or indolent.

not active or busy; dull; not brisk.

moving very slowly, as the tide, wind, or water.

Phonetics.��weak; lax.

Nautical.��easy.

a slack condition or part.

the part of a rope, sail, or the like, that hangs loose, without strain upon it.

a decrease in activity, as in business or work.

a period of decreased activity.

Geography.��a cessation in a strong flow, as of a current at its turn.

a depression between hills, in a hillside, or in the land surface.

Prosody.��(in sprung rhythm) the unaccented syllable or syllables.

British Dialect.��a morass; marshy ground; a hollow or dell with soft, wet ground at the bottom.

to be remiss in respect to (some matter, duty, right, etc.); leave undone; shirk.

to make or allow to become less active, vigorous, intense, etc.; relax (efforts, labor, speed, etc.); lessen; moderate (often followed byup ).

to make loose, or less tense or taut, as a rope; loosen (often followed by off orout ).

to slake (lime).

to be remiss; shirk one's duty or part.

to become less active, vigorous, rapid, etc. (often followed byup ).

to become less tense or taut, as a rope; to ease off.

to become slaked, as lime.