slack
suomi-englanti sanakirjaslack englannista suomeksi
laantua
löysääntyä
velttoilla
veltto
hiljainen, tyyni
suvantopaikka
vetelehtiä, löysäillä, laiskotella
höllentää
höllä, löyhä
sammuttaa kalkki
hiilipöly, hiilijäte
höllyys
hiljainen kausi
letto
höllä köysi
löyhätä
slack englanniksi
The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
(ux)
A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.
Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
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(attributive form of).
(quote-book)
Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
Weak; not holding fast.
Moderate in some capacity.
Moderately warm.
Moderate in speed.
(RQ:KJV).
Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
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(quote-journal)
Excess; surplus to requirements.
Lax.
Slackly.
To slacken.
(RQ:Lyly Mother Bombie)
(RQ:South Twelve Sermons) should slack their pace.
To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene).
To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
(senseid) A valley, or small, shallow dell.
A flat-bottomed, hollow zone within a sand-dune system that has developed over impervious strata. The slack may result from erosion or blow-out of the dune system, and the flat base level is therefore close to or at the permanent water-table level. Consequently (dune) slacks have rich, marshy flora, with Salix species (willows) as typical woody colonisers.
(synonyms)
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