Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to slacken
Participle: slackened
Gerund: slackening
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | slacken |
| you | slacken |
| he;she;it | slackens |
| we | slacken |
| you | slacken |
| they | slacken |
Perfect
| I | have slackened |
| you | have slackened |
| he;she;it | has slackened |
| we | have slackened |
| you | have slackened |
| they | have slackened |
Past
| I | slackened |
| you | slackened |
| he;she;it | slackened |
| we | slackened |
| you | slackened |
| they | slackened |
Pluperfect
| I | had slackened |
| you | had slackened |
| he;she;it | had slackened |
| we | had slackened |
| you | had slackened |
| they | had slackened |
Future
| I | will slacken |
| you | will slacken |
| he;she;it | will slacken |
| we | will slacken |
| you | will slacken |
| they | will slacken |
Future Perfect
| I | will have slackened |
| you | will have slackened |
| he;she;it | will have slackened |
| we | will have slackened |
| you | will have slackened |
| they | will have slackened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | slacken |
| you | slacken |
| he;she;it | slacken |
| we | slacken |
| you | slacken |
| they | slacken |
Perfect
| I | have slackened |
| you | have slackened |
| he;she;it | have slackened |
| we | have slackened |
| you | have slackened |
| they | have slackened |
Imperfect
| I | slackened |
| you | slackened |
| he;she;it | slackened |
| we | slackened |
| you | slackened |
| they | slackened |
Pluperfect
| I | had slackened |
| you | had slackened |
| he;she;it | had slackened |
| we | had slackened |
| you | had slackened |
| they | had slackened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would slacken |
| you | would slacken |
| he;she;it | would slacken |
| we | would slacken |
| you | would slacken |
| they | would slacken |
Perfect
| I | would have slackened |
| you | would have slackened |
| he;she;it | would have slackened |
| we | would have slackened |
| you | would have slackened |
| they | would have slackened |
Imperative
| you | slacken |
| we | Let's slacken |
| you | slacken |
Verbs conjugated like 'slacken'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'slacken'
blacken,
slicken,
slocken,
blanken,
blicken,
clacket,
flacker,
lacker,
lackey,
lanken,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- bring down or reduce
- abate, contract, cut short, decrease, diminish, lower, moderate, remit, remove, suppress, terminate
- to make something loose
- loosen, relax, untighten
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English slakenen, equivalent to slack + -en.
Sample Sentences
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The pace slackened.
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He seemed tired, and the Rat let him rest unquestioned, understanding something of what was in his thoughts; knowing, too, the value all animals attach at times to mere silent companionship, when the weary muscles slacken and the mind marks time. [1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:]
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The action moves at lightening ^([sic]) pace, never slackening for a moment. [1984 April 28, Bill Kreidler, “Farcical Improbability”, in Gay Community News, page 14:]
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slacken the rope
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During this interlude, Warwick, though he had slackened his pace measurably, had so nearly closed the gap between himself and them as to hear the old woman say, with the dulcet negro intonation: […] [1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:]
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Elk slackened the rope so he could walk farther away, and together they went awkwardly up the trail toward the grassy little flat[…] [1986, Mari Sandoz, The Horsecatcher:]
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to slacken lime