Slacken
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- (FIGURATIVE) បន្ថយ, សម្រាក, slacken speed បន្ថយ, slacken efforts អង្អន slacken a rope បន្ធូរ
verb — past tense: slackened ; past participle: slackened ; present participle: slackening ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (To make or become slack. to relax or loosen, to make slower, to lessen) បន្ធូរ, លែង (ដោយ អោយរួចខ្លួន)
Example: To slacken speed, slacken one's efforts, The fire slackened, The wire slackened, My energy slackens at night. - 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) បន្ថយ
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- (INTRANSITIVE) (1. To make or become slower; slow down: The runners slackened their pace. Air speed slackened. 2. To make or become less tense, taut, or firm; loosen: I slackened the line to let the fish swim) ខ្ជីខ្ជា, business may slacken អន់ rain may slacken ស្រាក, ropes slacken ធូរ
- slacken off
- បន្ថយ, បង្អន់, អោយចុះខ្សោយ
- ក្លាយជាមិនសូររវល់
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.
verb — past tense: slackened ; past participle: slackened ; present participle: slackening ;
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- To languish; to fail; to flag.
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- To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.
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- To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
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- To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.
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- To abate; to become less violent.
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- To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.
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- To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
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- To neglect, to be remiss in