slacken
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
become slow or slower
Production slowed
Types & categories
- weaken hypernym
Related & opposite
- slowdown derivation
- deceleration derivation
- drop-off derivation
Sense 2 verb
make less active or fast
He slackened his pace as he got tired
Types & categories
- minify hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
become looser or slack
the rope slackened
Types & categories
- weaken hypernym
Related & opposite
- ease off also see
Sense 4 verb
make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slowdown |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceleration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | drop-off |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | loosening |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | drop-off |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | minify |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | ease off |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |
| 4 | causes | Related & opposite | slacken |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | loosening |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | loosen |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dowse |