Slack vs. Stride

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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;

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