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Become slow or slower
Answer for the clue "Become slow or slower ", 8 letters:
slacking
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of slack English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slack \Slack\, Slacken \Slack"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slacked , Slackened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slacking , Slackening .] [See Slack , a.] 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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Word definitions in WordNet
n. the evasion of work or duty [syn: shirking , soldiering , goofing off , goldbricking ]
Usage examples of slacking.
It was not the five-bladed slave whip, invented for the full and perfect punishment of an erring slave girl, but only a light, one-bladed bosk whip, little more than a switch of leather, a mere incitement and encouragement to better performance on the part of a slacking plow beast, but it struck my back like a hot snake and a rifle shot.
Stubb benevolently towed away at his whale the other way, ostentatiously slacking out a most unusually long tow-line.
It did not matter that Bearden, by slacking off --whether consciously or because she was dissipating her energy -- was surely destroying her own chances for a career in the field, while Wheeler's conscientiousness would surely pay handsome dividends in both a scientific and a professional sense.
At full tilt they hurtled into the outreaches of the forest, leaping a fallen branch, dodging sudden trees, not slacking pace at all, until at last Dave became aware that the wolves were no longer chasing them.
He was a strong, healthy young man, with a sex drive that had shown no signs of slacking off since his middle teens.