Slack vs. Stride
Slacknoun
(uncountable) Small coal; coal dust.
Slacknoun
(countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.
Slacknoun
(uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
Slacknoun
(countable) A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.
Slackadjective
Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.
Slackadjective
Weak; not holding fast.
Slackadjective
Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
Slackadjective
Not violent, rapid, or pressing.
Slackadjective
vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music
Slackadverb
Slackly.
Slackverb
To slacken.
Slackverb
(obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
Slackverb
(followed by “off”) to procrastinate; to be lazy
Slackverb
(followed by “off”) to refuse to exert effort
Slackverb
To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
Slacknoun
Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.
Slacknoun
A valley, or small, shallow dell.
Slacknoun
The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.
Slackadjective
Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.
Slackadjective
Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.
Slackadjective
Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.
Slackadjective
Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.
Slackadverb
Slackly; as, slack dried hops.
Slackverb
To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.
Slackverb
To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
Slackverb
To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.
Slackverb
To abate; to become less violent.
Slackverb
To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.
Slackverb
To languish; to fail; to flag.
Slackverb
To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
Slackverb
To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
Slackverb
To neglect; to be remiss in.
Slackverb
To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.
Slackverb
To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.
Slackverb
To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
Slacknoun
dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
Slacknoun
a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality;
Slacknoun
a stretch of water without current or movement;
Slacknoun
the condition of being loose (not taut);
Slacknoun
a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely;
Slackverb
avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
Slackverb
be inattentive to, or neglect;
Slackverb
release tension on;
Slackverb
make less active or fast;
Slackverb
become slow or slower;
Slackverb
make less active or intense
Slackverb
become less in amount or intensity;
Slackverb
cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water;
Slackadjective
not tense or taut;
Slackadjective
lacking in strength or firmness or resilience;
Slackadjective
flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide;
Slackadjective
lacking in rigor or strictness;
Slackadjective
not taut or held tightly in position; loose
Slackadjective
(of business or trade) characterized by a lack of work or activity; quiet
Slackadjective
slow or sluggish
Slackadjective
having or showing laziness or negligence
Slackadjective
lewd
Slackadjective
having many sexual encounters or relationships (typically used of a woman).
Slackadjective
(of a tide) neither ebbing nor flowing
Slacknoun
the part of a rope or line which is not held taut; the loose or unused part
Slacknoun
casual trousers
Slacknoun
a spell of inactivity or laziness
Slacknoun
coal dust or small pieces of coal
Slackverb
loosen (something, especially a rope)
Slackverb
decrease or reduce in intensity, quantity, or speed
Slackverb
work slowly or lazily
Slackverb
slake (lime)
Strideverb
(intransitive) To walk with long steps.
Strideverb
To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
Strideverb
To pass over at a step; to step over.
Strideverb
To straddle; to bestride.
Stridenoun
A long step in walking.
Stridenoun
The distance covered by a long step.
Stridenoun
(computing) The number of memory locations between successive elements in an array, pixels in a bitmap, etc.
Stridenoun
(music genre) A jazz piano style of the 1920s and 1930s. The left hand characteristically plays a four-beat pulse with a single bass note, octave, seventh or tenth interval on the first and third beats, and a chord on the second and fourth beats.
Strideverb
To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.
Strideverb
To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
Strideverb
To pass over at a step; to step over.
Strideverb
To straddle; to bestride.
Stridenoun
The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride.
Stridenoun
a step in walking or running
Stridenoun
the distance covered by a step;
Stridenoun
significant progress (especially in the phrase
Strideverb
walk with long steps;
Strideverb
cover or traverse by taking long steps;
