1. • noun - dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
   • noun - a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
   • noun - a stretch of water without current or movement
   • noun - a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
   • noun - the quality of being loose (not taut)
   • noun - a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
   • verb - avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
   • verb - be inattentive to, or neglect
   • verb - release tension on
   • verb - make less active or fast
   • verb - become slow or slower
   • verb - make less active or intense
   • verb - become less in amount or intensity
   • verb - cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
   • adj - not tense or taut
   • adj - flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
   • adj - lacking in rigor or strictness
2. • Moving slowly; sluggish: a slack pace.
   • Lacking in activity; not busy: a slack season for the travel business.
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   • Lacking firmness; flaccid: a slack grip.
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   • Flowing or blowing with little speed: a slack current; slack winds.
   • To make slower or looser; slacken.
   • To be careless or remiss in doing: slack one’s duty.
   • To slake (lime).
   • To be or become slack.
   • To evade work; shirk.
   • A loose part, as of a rope or sail.
   • A lack of tension; looseness.
   • A period of little activity; a lull.
   • A cessation of movement in a current of air or water.
   • An area of still water.
   • In a slack manner: a banner hanging slack.
   • A mixture of coal fragments, coal dust, and dirt that remains after screening coal.
   • A small dell or hollow.
   • A bog; a morass.
3. • adj - not tight or taut
   • v - to make less tight or taut

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