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[slæk]1) (loose; not firmly stretched: Leave the rope slack.) frouxo2) (not firmly in position: He tightened a few slack screws.) folgado3) (not strict; careless: He is very slack about getting things done.) desleixado4) (in industry etc, not busy; inactive: Business has been rather slack lately.) lento•- slacken- slackly
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- slacks* * *slack1[slæk] n 1 parte solta de um cabo. 2 inatividade ou recesso de uma indústria. 3 baixa da água ou maré. • vi 1 soltar, afrouxar. 2 diminuir, moderar. 3 apagar (cal). 4 relaxar. • adj 1 solto, frouxo, bambo. 2 negligente, relaxado, descuidado, indolente. 3 lento, folgado. 4 calmo, sem atividade ou movimento. to slack away/ off desapertar, afrouxar a tensão (de um cabo). to slack up diminuir a velocidade antes de parar (trem). to take up the slack in an industry tomar medidas para que atividade e produção cresçam em uma indústria. to take up the slack in a rope puxar a corda até tornar-se apertada.————————slack2[slæk] n moinha de carvão, pó, escória. basic slack Chem fosfato básico obtido pelo processo de Thomas, escória básica. -
2 to take up the slack in a rope
to take up the slack in a ropepuxar a corda até tornar-se apertada.English-Portuguese dictionary > to take up the slack in a rope
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3 to take up the slack in an industry
to take up the slack in an industrytomar medidas para que atividade e produção cresçam em uma indústria.English-Portuguese dictionary > to take up the slack in an industry
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take up slack — pick/take up slack ► to make a business, industry, or economy operate more effectively by doing the work that someone else has stopped doing but that still needs to be done: »More business investment would pick up the slack in the economy. »The… … Financial and business terms
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take (or pick) up the slack — improve the use of resources to avoid an undesirable lull in business. → slack … English new terms dictionary
take up the slack — ► take (or pick) up the slack 1) improve the use of resources to avoid an undesirable lull in business. 2) pull on the loose part of a rope to make it taut. Main Entry: ↑slack … English terms dictionary
slack´en|er — slack|en «SLAK uhn», transitive verb. 1. to make slower: »Don t slacken your efforts till the work is done. SYNONYM(S): retard. 2. to make looser: »Slacken the rope. Slackening the reins, I let my horse take his own course (Francis Parkman). –v.i … Useful english dictionary
slack|en — «SLAK uhn», transitive verb. 1. to make slower: »Don t slacken your efforts till the work is done. SYNONYM(S): retard. 2. to make looser: »Slacken the rope. Slackening the reins, I let my horse take his own course (Francis Parkman). –v.i. 1. to… … Useful english dictionary
Take-up — n. (Mach.) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
slack — slack1 slackingly, adv. slackly, adv. slackness, n. /slak/, adj. 1. not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope. 2. negligent; careless; remiss: slack proofreading. 3. slow, sluggish, or indolent: He is slack in answering letters … Universalium
