slacking

We have found lemma(root) word of slacking : slack.

Definitions


[slak], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- not taut or held tightly in position; loose
(e.g: a slack rope)

- (of business or trade) characterized by a lack of work or activity; quiet
(e.g: business was rather slack)

- having or showing laziness or negligence
(e.g: slack accounting procedures)

- lewd
(e.g: the veteran king of slack chat)

- (of a tide) neither ebbing nor flowing
(e.g: soon the water will become slack, and the tide will turn)


Phrases:
- cut someone some slack
- pick up the slack

Origin:
Old English slæc ‘inclined to be lazy, unhurried’, of Germanic origin; related to Latin laxus ‘loose’


[slak], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the part of a rope or line which is not held taut; the loose or unused part
(e.g: I picked up the rod and wound in the slack)

- a spell of inactivity or laziness
(e.g: he slept deeply, refreshed by a little slack in the daily routine)

- casual trousers
(e.g: he put on a grey shirt and loose cotton slacks)


Phrases:
- cut someone some slack
- pick up the slack

Origin:
Old English slæc ‘inclined to be lazy, unhurried’, of Germanic origin; related to Latin laxus ‘loose’


[slak], (Verb)

Definitions:
- loosen (something, especially a rope)
(e.g: slacking the outhaul allows you to adjust the sail)

- decrease or reduce in intensity, quantity, or speed
(e.g: the flow of blood slacked off)

- work slowly or lazily
(e.g: she ticked off her girls if they were slacking)

- slake (lime)
(e.g: 150 sacks of lime were slacked by the inrushing water)


Phrases:
- cut someone some slack
- pick up the slack

Origin:
Old English slæc ‘inclined to be lazy, unhurried’, of Germanic origin; related to Latin laxus ‘loose’


[slak], (Noun)

Definitions:
- coal dust or small pieces of coal
(e.g: the fire was stoked with a mixture of slack and cement)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: probably from Low German or Dutch




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