English-Thai Dictionary

slack

ADJ หย่อน  lax limp yon

 

slack

ADJ เฉื่อย  เนือย  ไม่ใส่ใจ  sluggish inattentive lazy chuai

 

slack water

N น้ำ ที่ ไม่มี กระแสน้ำ  ช่วง ไม่มี กระแสน้ำ  nam-ti-mai-me-kra-sea-nam

 

slacken

VI หย่อน  loosen reduce yon

 

slacken

VT ทำให้ หย่อน  loosen reduce tam-hai-yon

 

slacken off

PHRV ขี้เกียจ  ไม่กระตือรือร้น  ซังกะตาย  ease off ease up ke-kiad

 

slacken off

PHRV คลาย ออก  slack away slack off klai-ook

 

slacken up

PHRV ลดลง (ความเร็ว  ความพยายาม  slack up lod-long

 

slacker

N ผู้ หลบเลี่ยง  phu-lob-liang

 

slacks

N กางเกง ทรง หลวม  trousers pants kang-keng-song-luam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SLACK

a. 1. Not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as a slack rope; slack rigging; slack shrouds.
2. Weak; remiss; not holding fast; as a slack hand.
3. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence; not earnest or eager; as slack in duty or service; slack in business.
4. Not violent; not rapid; slow; as a slack pace.

 

SLACK IN STAYS

in seamen's language, slow in going about; as a ship.

 

SLACK WATER

in seamen's language, the time when the tide runs slowly, or the water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and reflux of the tide.

 

SLACK

adv. Partially; insufficiently; not intensely; as slack dried hops; bread slack baked.

 

SLACK

n.The part of a rope that hangs loose, having no stress upon it.

 

SLACK, SLACKEN

v.i. 1. To become less tense, firm or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.
2. To be remiss or backward; to neglect. Deuteronomy 23:21.
3. To lose cohesion or the quality of adhesion; as, lime slacks and crumbles into power.
4. To abate; to become less violent. Whence these raging fires will slacken, if his breath stir not their flames.
5. To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens; the tide slackens.
6. To languish; to fail; to flag.

 

SLACK, SLACKEN

v.t. 1. To lessen tension; to make less tense or tight; as, to slacken a rope or a bandage.
2. To relax; to remit; as, to slacken exertion or labor.
3. To mitigate; to diminish in severity; as, to slacken pain.
4. To become more slow; to lessen rapidity; as, to slacken one's pace.
5. To abate; to lower; as, to slacken the heat of a fire.
6. To relieve; to unbend; to remit; as, to slacken cares.
7. To withhold; to use less liberally.
8. To deprive or cohesion; as, to slack lime.
9. To repress; to check. I should be griev'd young prince, to think my presence unbent you thoughts and slacken'd 'em to arms.
1 . To neglect. Slack not the good presage.
11. To repress, or make less quick or active.

 

SLACK

n.Small coal; coal broken into small parts.

 

SLACK

n.A valley or small shallow dell.

 

SLACKEN

n.Among miners, a spungy semi-vitrified substance which they mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.

 

SLACKLY

adv. 1. Not tightly; loosely.
2. Negligently; remissly.

 

SLACKNESS

n. 1. Looseness; the state opposite to tension; not tightness or rigidness; as the slackness of a cord or rope.
2. Remissness; negligence; inattention; as the slackness of men in business or duty; slackness in the performance of engagements.
3. Slowness; tardiness; want of tendency; as the slackness of flesh to heal.
4. Weakness; not intenseness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SLACK

Slack, n. Etym: [Cf. Slag. ]

 

Defn: Small coal; also, coal dust; culm. Raymond.

 

SLACK

Slack, n. Etym: [Icel. slakki a slope on a mountain edge. ]

 

Defn: A valley, or small, shallow dell. [Prov. Eng. ] Grose.

 

SLACK

Slack, a. [Compar. Slacker; superl. Slackest.] Etym: [OE. slak, AS. sleac; akin to OS. slak, OHG. slah, Prov. G. schlack, Icel. slakr, Sw. slak; cf. Skr. srsj to let loose, to throw. Cf. Slake. ]

 

Defn: Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.

 

2. Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand. Milton.

 

3. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness. 2 Pet. iii. 9.

 

4. Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack. "With slack pace. " Chaucer. Cslack southwest, at midnight was becalmed. Milton. Slack in stays (Naut. ), slow in going about, as a ship. -- Slack water, the time when the tide runs slowly, or the water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and reflux of the tide. -- Slack-water navigation, navigation in a stream the depth of which has been increased, and the current diminished, by a dam or dams.

 

Syn. -- Loose; relaxed; weak; remiss; backward; abated; diminished; inactive; slow; tardy; dull.

 

SLACK

SLACK Slack, adv.

 

Defn: Slackly; as, slack dried hops.

 

SLACK

SLACK Slack, n.

 

Defn: The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.

 

SLACK; SLACKEN

Slack, Slack "en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slacked, Slackened (; p. pr. &vb. n. Slacking, Slackening.] Etym: [See Slack, a.]

 

1. To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.

 

2. To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.

 

3. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.

 

4. To abate; to become less violent. Whence these raging fires Will slacken, if his breath stir not their flames. Milton.

 

5. To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.

 

6. To languish; to fail; to flag.

 

7. To end; to cease; to desist; to slake. [Obs. ] That through your death your lineage should slack. Chaucer. They will not of that firste purpose slack. Chaucer.

 

SLACK; SLACKEN

SLACK; SLACKEN Slack, Slack "en, v. t.

 

1. To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage. Wycklif (Acts xxvii. 4 )

 

2. To neglect; to be remiss in. [Obs. ] Shak. Slack not the pressage. Dryden.

 

3. To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.

 

4. To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry. "Rancor for to slack. " Chaucer. I should be grieved, young prince, to think my presence Unbent your thoughts, and slackened 'em to arms. Addison. In this business of growing rich, poor men should slack their pace. South. With such delay Well plased, they slack their course. Milton.

 

5. To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease. To respite, or deceive, or slack thy pain Of this ill mansion. Milton. Air-slacked lime, 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.

 

SLACKEN

SLACKEN Slack "en, n. (Metal. )

 

Defn: A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion. [Written also slakin. ]

 

SLACKLY

SLACKLY Slack "ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a slack manner. Trench.

 

SLACKNESS

SLACKNESS Slack "ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being slack.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

slack

slack 1 |slak slæk | ▶adjective 1 not taut or held tightly in position; loose: a slack rope | her mouth went slack. 2 (of business ) characterized by a lack of work or activity; quiet: business was rather slack. • slow or sluggish: they were working at a slack pace. • having or showing laziness or negligence: slack accounting procedures. 3 (of a tide ) neither ebbing nor flowing: soon the water will become slack, and the tide will turn. ▶noun 1 the part of a rope or line that is not held taut; the loose or unused part: I picked up the rod and wound in the slack. 2 (slacks ) casual trousers. 3 informal a spell of inactivity or laziness: he slept deeply, refreshed by a little slack in the daily routine. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 loosen (something, esp. a rope ). • reduce the intensity or speed of (something ); slacken: the horse slacked his pace. • [ no obj. ] (slack off ) decrease in quantity or intensity: the flow of blood slacked off. • [ no obj. ] informal work slowly or lazily: she reprimanded her girls if they were slacking. • [ no obj. ] (slack up ) slow down: the animal doesn't slack up until he reaches the trees. 2 slake (lime ). ▶adverb loosely: their heads were hanging slack in attitudes of despair. PHRASES cut someone some slack informal allow someone some leeway in their conduct. take (or pick ) up the slack 1 use up a surplus or improve the use of resources to avoid an undesirable lull in business: as domestic demand starts to flag, foreign demand will help pick up the slack. 2 pull on the loose end or part of a rope in order to make it taut. DERIVATIVES slack ly adverb, slack ness noun ORIGIN Old English slæc ‘inclined to be lazy, unhurried, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Latin laxus ‘loose. ’

 

slack

slack 2 |slæk slak | ▶noun coal dust or small pieces of coal. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably from Low German or Dutch.

 

slacken

slack en |ˈslakən ˈslækən | ▶verb make or become slack: [ with obj. ] : he slackened his grip | the joints can be tightened and slackened off again | [ no obj. ] : the pace never slackens.

 

slacker

slack er |ˈslakər ˈslækər | ▶noun informal a person who avoids work or effort. • a person who evades military service. • a young person (esp. in the 1990s ) of a subculture characterized by apathy and aimlessness.

 

slack water

slack wa ter ▶noun the state of the tide when it is turning, esp. at low tide.

 

Oxford Dictionary

slack

slack 1 |slak | ▶adjective 1 not taut or held tightly in position; loose: a slack rope | her mouth went slack. 2 having or showing laziness or negligence: slack accounting procedures. 3 slow or sluggish: they were working at a slack pace. • (of business or trade ) characterized by a lack of work or activity; quiet: business was rather slack. 4 W. Indian lewd: the veteran king of slack chat. • (of a person, typically a woman ) promiscuous. 5 (of a tide ) neither ebbing nor flowing. ▶noun 1 the part of a rope or line which is not held taut; the loose or unused part: I picked up the rod and wound in the slack. 2 (slacks ) casual trousers. 3 informal a spell of inactivity or laziness: he slept deeply, refreshed by a little slack in the daily routine. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] loosen (something, especially a rope ). 2 decrease or reduce in intensity, quantity, or speed: [ no obj. ] : the flow of blood slacked off | [ with obj. ] : the horse slacked his pace. 3 [ no obj. ] Brit. informal work slowly or lazily: she ticked off her girls if they were slacking. 4 [ with obj. ] slake (lime ). PHRASES cut someone some slack informal allow someone some leeway in their conduct. take (or pick ) up the slack 1 improve the use of resources to avoid an undesirable lull in business: as domestic demand starts to flag, foreign demand will help pick up the slack. 2 pull on the loose end or part of a rope in order to make it taut. DERIVATIVES slackly adverb, slackness noun ORIGIN Old English slæc ‘inclined to be lazy, unhurried ’, of Germanic origin; related to Latin laxus ‘loose ’.

 

slack

slack 2 |slak | ▶noun [ mass noun ] coal dust or small pieces of coal. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably from Low German or Dutch.

 

slacken

slack ¦en |ˈslak (ə )n | ▶verb 1 make or become slack: [ with obj. ] : he slackened his grip | [ no obj. ] : suddenly the line slackens and flutters in the wind. 2 reduce or decrease in speed or intensity: [ no obj. ] : the pace never slackens.

 

slacker

slack ¦er |ˈslakə | ▶noun informal a person who avoids work or effort. • US a person who evades military service. • chiefly N. Amer. a young person (especially in the 1990s ) of a subculture characterized by apathy and aimlessness.

 

slack water

slack water ▶noun the state of the tide when it is turning, especially at low tide.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

slack

slack adjective 1 the rope went slack: loose, limp, hanging, flexible. ANTONYMS tight, taut. 2 slack skin: flaccid, flabby, loose, sagging, saggy. ANTONYMS taut. 3 business is slack: sluggish, slow, quiet, slow-moving, flat, depressed, stagnant. ANTONYMS thriving, busy. 4 slack accounting procedures: lax, negligent, remiss, careless, slapdash, slipshod, lackadaisical, inefficient, casual; informal sloppy, slaphappy. ANTONYMS diligent. ▶noun 1 the rope had some slack in it: looseness, play, give. 2 foreign demand will help pick up the slack: surplus, excess, residue, spare capacity. 3 a little slack in the daily routine: lull, pause, respite, break, hiatus, breathing space; informal letup, breather. ▶verb informal no slacking! idle, shirk, be lazy, be indolent, waste time, lounge about; informal goof off. PHRASES slack off 1 the rain has slacked off: decrease, subside, let up, ease off, abate, diminish, die down, fall off. 2 you deserve to slack off a bit: relax, take things easy, let up, ease up /off, loosen up, slow down; informal hang loose, chill (out ). slack up he doesn't slack up until he gets there: slow (down ), decelerate, reduce speed. WORD NOTE slack Not as in cut me some slack or slack off, but as a synonym for "limp, loose. " There's a wrongness in slack that isn't in limp or loose; a slack mouth is disturbing, revolting; a slack rope betides some terrible accident as yet unseen. Slacks, meaning "casual trousers, " is of course one of the most disgusting words in English, and should be avoided both linguistically and sartorially. — EM Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

slacken

slacken verb 1 he slackened his grip: loosen, release, relax, loose, lessen, weaken. ANTONYMS tighten. 2 he slackened his pace: slow (down ), become /get /make slower, decelerate, slack (up ). ANTONYMS quicken. 3 the rain is slackening: decrease, lessen, subside, ease up /off, let up, abate, slack off, diminish, die down.

 

slacker

slacker noun informal all right, you slackers, let's get this cargo across the river before the sun sets: layabout, idler, shirker, malingerer, sluggard, laggard; informal lazybones, bum, goof-off.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

slack

slack adjective 1 she heard a splash and the rope went slack: loose, limp, not taut, not tight, hanging, flapping; relaxed, flexible, pliant. ANTONYMS tight, taut, stretched. 2 try these tips to tone and tighten slack, unattractive skin: flaccid, flabby, loose, sagging, saggy, drooping, droopy, soft. ANTONYMS taut, toned, firm. 3 she was wearing a slack blue dress: baggy, loose-fitting, loose, not tight, generously cut, roomy; shapeless, sack-like, oversized, ill-fitting, bagging, hanging, flapping, saggy. ANTONYMS tight, tailored. 4 business had never been so slack: sluggish, slow, quiet, slow-moving, not busy, inactive, flat, depressed, stagnant. ANTONYMS busy, thriving. 5 some slack defensive play by Villa: lax, negligent, neglectful, remiss, careless, slapdash, slipshod, lackadaisical, lazy, inefficient, incompetent, inattentive, offhand, casual, disorderly, disorganized; N. Amer. derelict; informal sloppy, slap-happy, do-nothing, asleep at the wheel; Brit. vulgar slang half-arsed; formal delinquent; rare otiose, poco-curante. ANTONYMS meticulous, diligent. ▶noun 1 the rope had just enough slack in it to allow her to reach him: looseness, play, give. 2 as domestic demand starts to flag, foreign demand will help pick up the slack: surplus, excess, residue, spare capacity. 3 he slept deeply, refreshed by a little slack in the daily routine: lull, pause, respite, spell of inactivity, interval, break, hiatus, breathing space; informal let-up, breather. ▶verb 1 the horse slacked his pace: reduce, lessen, slacken, slow, ease up /off. ANTONYMS increase. 2 Brit. informal okay, carry on with this painting and no slacking: idle, shirk, be inactive, be lazy, be indolent, sit back and do nothing, waste time, lounge about; Brit. informal skive, bunk off; N. Amer. informal goof off. ANTONYMS work hard. PHRASES slack off 1 the rain had slacked off to a soft drizzle: decrease, lessen, subside, get less, let up, ease off, abate, moderate, diminish, dwindle, die down, fall off, drop off, taper off, ebb, recede, wane. ANTONYMS intensify. 2 I told him to slack off a bit: relax, take things easy, let up, ease up /off, do less, loosen up, slow down, be less active; N. Amer. informal hang loose, stay loose, chill out. ANTONYMS work harder. slack up the horse didn't slack up until he reached the trees: slow down, slow, decelerate, reduce speed, drop speed, put the brakes on. ANTONYMS speed up, accelerate.

 

slacken

slacken verb 1 he slackened his grip | the straps can be slackened to allow greater freedom of movement: loosen, make looser, release, relax, loose; lessen, reduce, weaken; Nautical, dated veer. ANTONYMS tighten. 2 her footsteps slackened | he slackened his pace a little: become /get /make slower, slow down, slow, decelerate, reduce in speed, slack. ANTONYMS speed up, quicken. 3 I think the rain might just be slackening: decrease, lessen, subside, ease up /off, get less, let up, abate, moderate, become less intense, slack off, diminish, dwindle, die down, fall off, drop off, taper off, ebb, recede, wane.

 

slacker

slacker noun informal layabout, idler, shirker, loafer, malingerer, work-dodger, clock-watcher, good-for-nothing, sluggard, laggard; informal passenger, lazybones, slugabed, couch potato, cyberslacker; Brit. informal skiver, lead-swinger, scrimshanker; N. Amer. informal gold brick, goof-off; Austral. /NZ informal bludger; French archaic fainéant. ANTONYMS workaholic.

 

Duden Dictionary

Slack

Slack Substantiv, maskulin Wirtschaft , der |slɛk englisch slæk |der Slack; Genitiv: des Slacks englisch slack = Flaute, zu: slack = locker, lose, flau Überschuss an [finanziellen ] Mitteln eines Unternehmens, der sich in Erfolgszeiten ansammelt und als Reserve für Krisenzeiten dient

 

slacken

sla cken schwaches Verb |ˈslɛkn̩ |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « oder »ist « zu Slackline auf der Slackline balancieren sie haben den ganzen Morgen im Park geslackt

 

Slacker

Sla cker Substantiv, maskulin Jargon , der |ˈslækɐ |der Slacker; Genitiv: des Slackers, Plural: die Slacker englisch slacker, zu slack = nachlässig, schlampig; verbummelt, verwandt mit lateinisch laxus, lax Jugendlicher oder junger Erwachsener, der das Streben nach [beruflichem ] Erfolg ablehnt und die Lebenshaltung eines Müßiggängers, Versagers zur Schau trägt

 

Slackerin

Sla cke rin Substantiv, feminin , die die Slackerin; Genitiv: der Slackerin, Plural: die Slackerinnen weibliche Form zu Slacker

 

Slackline

Slack line Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈslɛkla͜in |die Slackline; Genitiv: der Slackline, Slacklines englisch slack line, aus: slack = locker und line = (Wäsche )leine als Spiel- und Sportgerät dienender, zwischen zwei Befestigungspunkten fixierter Spanngurt zum Balancieren

 

Slackliner

Slack li ner Substantiv, maskulin , der der Slackliner; Genitiv: des Slackliners, Plural: die Slackliner englisch slackliner jemand, der [als Sport ] auf einer Slackline balanciert

 

Slacklinerin

Slack li ne rin Substantiv, feminin , die die Slacklinerin; Genitiv: der Slacklinerin, Plural: die Slacklinerinnen weibliche Form zu Slackliner

 

Slacks

Slacks Pluralwort , die |slɛks |die Slacks (Plural ) englisch lange, weite Hose

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

slack

slack 1 /slæk /形容詞 ～er ; ～est 1 «…に » 怠慢な , いいかげんな , 不注意な «in , at , about » ; 〈規律などが 〉甘い , ゆるい ▸ a slack student 怠慢な学生 2 〈商売などが 〉ひまな , 活気のない , 不景気な ▸ The stock market is slack at the moment .株式市場の商いは今は不活発だ 3 〈縄 コード 表情などが 〉ゆるんだ , たるんだ (↔tight )▸ The rope went slack .ロープがたるんだ 4 〈水 空気が 〉よどんだ , ほとんど動かない , 不活発な .5 〈速度などが 〉ゆっくりした , のろい , おそい ; だれた ▸ at a slack pace [speed ]のろのろした歩調 [速度 ]で 名詞 1 U (お金 人 時間などの )余分 , 余裕 , 余剰 .2 U 〖通例the ～〗(ロープなどの )ゆるみ , たるみ ; ゆるんだ部分 .3 C (商売の )閑散 (期 ), 不況 (期 ).g ì ve [c ù t ] A some sl á ck ｟話 ｠A 〈人 〉に (時間的な )余裕を与える ; Aを大目に見る .take ù p [pick ù p ] the sl á ck 1 (ロープの )たるみをぴんと張る .2 (組織などの )たるみを活性化する, 是正する .3 他の人がしていたことをする .動詞 他動詞 1 〈義務など 〉を怠る (off, up )▸ slack off school 学校をサボる 2 〈ロープなど 〉をゆるめる , たるませる (off ).3 〈速度など 〉を落とす (up ).自動詞 1 ｟くだけて ｠怠ける , 手を抜く (off ) (!しばしば進行形で ) ▸ Ted is slacking off .テッドはサボっている ▸ No slacking .手抜きはだめよ 2 〈ロープなどが 〉ゆるむ .3 〈風雨 景気 速度などが 〉弱まる (off, up ).副詞 ゆるく ; のろのろと ; だらしなく ; 不活発に .～́ s ù it ｟米 ｠スラックスーツ 〘スラックスとシャツ [上着 ]からなる男性用ふだん着 〙.～̀ w á ter 潮のたるみ ; よどみ (水 ).sl á ck ly 副詞 ゆるく, 不活発に .sl á ck ness 名詞 U たるみ, 不景気 .

 

slack

slack 2 名詞 U 炭屑 （さい ） 〘石炭をふるい分けたかす 〙.

 

slacken

slack en /slǽk (ə )n /動詞 他動詞 1 〈張り詰めたもの 〉をゆるめる, 緩和する .2 〈力 速度 〉を弱める, 落とす, 減少させる (off, up ).自動詞 1 〈張り詰めたものが 〉ゆるむ, たるむ (off ).2 速度を落とす ; 〈速度などが 〉のろくなる .3 〈商売などが 〉不活発になる (off, up ); 〈風などが 〉弱まる (off ).

 

slacker

sl á ck er 名詞 C ｟くだけて ｠(仕事をしない )怠け者, 怠惰な人, 責任回避する人 ; 兵役忌避者 .

 

slack-jawed

sl á ck-j à wed 形容詞 (驚愕 （がく ）困惑して )口をぽかんとあけた .

 

slacks

slacks /slæks /名詞 ｟やや古 ｠〖複数扱い 〗スラックス (trousers ).