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[slæk]1) (loose; not firmly stretched: Leave the rope slack.) ohlapen2) (not firmly in position: He tightened a few slack screws.) zrahljan3) (not strict; careless: He is very slack about getting things done.) zanikrn4) (in industry etc, not busy; inactive: Business has been rather slack lately.) medel•- slacken- slackly
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- slacks* * *I [slæk]1.nounnenapet (zrahljan, ohlapen) del vrvi; čas stagnacije, mrtvila v poslih, kupčijah; plural colloquially dolge (ženske) hlače; military slang dolge hlače; popustitev, ponehanje (vetra itd.); prosody nepoudarjen zlog (zlogi); colloquially pavza, odmorto have a good slack — pošteno, zares "izpreči";2.adjective ( slackly adverb)mlahav, ohlapen, nenapet, nenategnjen, popuščen; len, nemaren, zanikrn, brezbrižen, počasen, okoren; mirujoč, mrtev (o vodi); slab, medel (o kupčijah, poslih); polpepečen (kruh)with a slack hand — leno, brez energijea slack rope — nenapeta, ohlapna vrvslack season — mrtva sezona, mrtviloslack in stays nautical ki se počasi premikaslack trade, slack market commerce medlo, slabo tržiščeslack water — mirujoča, mrtva vodaslack weather — vreme, ki človeka naredi lenegabusiness is slack commerce posli zastajajo, stagnirajoto keep a slack hand — nemarno, ohlapno voditi, upravljatito keep a slack rein — premalo brzdati, imeti uzdo premalo napeto;3.adverb (v zloženkah) počasi, medlo; nepopolno, nezadostnoII [slæk]transitive verb & intransitive verbpopustiti (vrv), zrahljati (se) (o vijaku); odviti (se); opočasniti (se), postati počasen, popustiti (v prizadevanju); biti brezbrižen, zanemarjati (dolžnosti); postati medel, mlahav; zmanjšati (se), ubtažiti (se), oslabeti, onemogoči; počivati; (= to slake) gasiti (apno); commerce postati medel, slab (poslovanje, tržišče)III [slæk]nountechnical premogov grušec (prah)IV [slæk]noundialectal nižava, kotlina; močvirje, barje
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Slacked — Slack Slack, Slacken Slack en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slacked}, {Slackened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slacking}, {Slackening}.] [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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Slacken — Slack Slack, Slacken Slack en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slacked}, {Slackened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slacking}, {Slackening}.] [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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Slackened — Slack Slack, Slacken Slack en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slacked}, {Slackened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slacking}, {Slackening}.] [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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Slackening — Slack Slack, Slacken Slack en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slacked}, {Slackened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slacking}, {Slackening}.] [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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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