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Dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve |
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A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality The team went into a slump A gradual slack in output A drop-off in attendance A falloff in quality |
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A stretch of water without current or movement Suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless |
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A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot |
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The quality of being loose (not taut) He hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope |
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A cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely He took up the slack |
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Avoid responsibilities and work, be idle |
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Be inattentive to, or neglect He slacks his attention |
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Release tension on Slack the rope |
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Make less active or fast He slackened his pace as he got tired Don't relax your efforts now |
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Become slow or slower Production slowed |
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Make less active or intense |
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Become less in amount or intensity The storm abated The rain let up after a few hours |
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Cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water Slack lime |
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Not tense or taut The old man's skin hung loose and grey Slack and wrinkled skin Slack sails A slack rope |
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Flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide Slack water |
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Lacking in rigor or strictness Such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable Lax in attending classes Slack in maintaining discipline |
| adj | loose, lax |
| adj | flaccid, lax, limp, weak |
| adj | standing |
| adj | lax, negligent |
| noun | debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus |
| noun | slump, drop-off, falloff, falling off, deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening |
| noun | stretch |
| noun | slackness, looseness, play |
| noun | cord |
| verb | fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick |
| verb | neglect |
| verb | loosen, loose |
| verb | slacken, slack up, relax, decrease, lessen, minify |
| verb | slow, slow down, slow up, slacken, weaken |
| verb | slake, abate, decrease, lessen, minify |
| verb | abate, let up, slack off, die away, decrease, diminish, lessen, fall |
| verb | slake, hydrate |