slack : Idioms & Phrases

Air"-slacked` adjective

Definitions

1. Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime.

Webster 1913

• lime slacked by exposure to the air, in consequence of the absorption of carton dioxide and water, by which it is converted into carbonate of lime and hydrate of lime.

Webster 1913

• noun United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)
  Esther Morris; Morris.
  

WordNet

• (Naut.), slow in going about, as a ship.

Webster 1913

• verb become less in amount or intensity
  die away; slack; abate; let up.
  
  • The storm abated
  • The rain let up after a few hours

WordNet

• noun casual dress consisting of slacks and matching jacket
  

WordNet

• noun the occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tide
  slack tide.
  

WordNet

• verb make less active or fast
  slack; slacken; relax.
  
  • He slackened his pace as he got tired
  • Don't relax your efforts now

WordNet

• noun a stretch of water without current or movement
  slack.
  
  • suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless
• noun the occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tide
  slack tide.
  

WordNet

• the time when the tide runs slowly, or the water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and reflux of the tide.

Webster 1913

• navigation in a stream the depth of which has been increased, and the current diminished, by a dam or dams.

Webster 1913