slackening
11slacken — [[t]slæ̱kən[/t]] slackens, slackening, slackened 1) V ERG If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense. Inflationary pressures continued to slacken last month... [V n] The Conservative government… …
12χαλαστικά — χαλαστικός fit for slackening neut nom/voc/acc pl χαλαστικά̱ , χαλαστικός fit for slackening fem nom/voc/acc dual χαλαστικά̱ , χαλαστικός fit for slackening fem nom/voc sg (doric aeolic) …
13χαλαστικώτερον — χαλαστικός fit for slackening adverbial comp χαλαστικός fit for slackening masc acc comp sg χαλαστικός fit for slackening neut nom/voc/acc comp sg …
14χαλάσει — χάλασις slackening fem nom/voc/acc dual (attic epic) χαλάσεϊ , χάλασις slackening fem dat sg (epic) χάλασις slackening fem dat sg (attic ionic) χαλάω Aër. aor subj act 3rd sg (epic) χαλάω Aër. fut ind mid 2nd sg χαλάω Aër. fut ind act 3rd sg …
15loosening — noun 1. an occurrence of control or strength weakening the relaxation of requirements the loosening of his grip the slackening of the wind • Syn: ↑relaxation, ↑slackening • Derivationally related forms: ↑sla …
16let-up — n break, interval, lessening, pause, recess, remission, slackening, respite, lull FORMAL abatement, cessation COLLOQ. breather ≠ continuation * * * [noun] lessening, break, breathing space, interval, lull, pause, remission, respite, slackening *… …
17tropical cyclone — a cyclone that originates over a tropical ocean area and can develop into the destructive storm known in the U.S. as a hurricane, in the western Pacific region as a typhoon, and elsewhere by other names. Cf. extratropical cyclone, hurricane (def …
18World War I — the war fought mainly in Europe and the Middle East, between the Central Powers and the Allies, beginning on July 28, 1914, and ending on November 11, 1918, with the collapse of the Central Powers. Abbr.: WWI Also called Great War, War of the… …
19wane — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. decrease, lessen, ebb, fade, diminish, peter out, dwindle; abate, subside; decline, sink, fail, slacken. n. failure, ebb, decline, decay, decrease. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. decrease, decline,… …
20Slowness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Slowness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 slowness slowness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 languor languor &c.(inactivity) 683 Sgm: N 1 drawl drawl Sgm: N 1 creeping creeping &c. >V. lentor …
