slacken (ˈslækən
)
Definitions
verb (often foll by off)
- to make or become looser
- to make or become slower, less intense, etc
Usage examples
She felt something in her head break; felt her tongue slacken in her mouth and her lids fall.
, EVERVILLE (2001)By doing so, you will avoid being too heavily invested in either growth or value stocks when their performance may suddenly slacken.
Business Today (1999)This timidity tightened into a sustained intelligent tautness, and she never allowed herself to slacken.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)The discipline thus seems natural, and being so it is less likely to slacken on service than if it had punishment as its base.
, Douglas Haig, 1861-1928 (1988)