slack

suomi-englanti sanakirja

slack englannista suomeksi

laantua
löysääntyä
velttoilla
veltto
hiljainen, tyyni
suvantopaikka
vetelehtiä, löysäillä, laiskotella
höllentää
höllä, löyhä
sammuttaa kalkki
hiilipöly, hiilijäte
höllyys
hiljainen kausi
letto
höllä köysi
löyhätä

slack englanniksi

The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.

(ux)

A dip in a surface.
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{{quote-book|en|year=1904|title=Public Works and Journal of Civil Engineering|page=90
{{quote-book|en|year=1951|author=Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)|title=Proceedings of the Joint Engineering Conference, 1951|page=45
In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.
{{quote-book|en|year=1815|author=Alexander Pennecuik|title=The Works of Alexander Pennecuik ...: Containing the Description of Tweeddale, and Miscellaneous Poems|page=141
{{quote-book|en|year=1837|author=James Hogg|title=The hunt of Eildon. The adventures of Basil Lee. Adam Bell. Duncan Campbell. An old soldier's tale. Katie Cheyne. The long pack. A country funeral. The shepherd's calendar|page=249
{{quote-book|en|year=1845|author=Alexander Whitelaw|title=The Book of Scottish Ballads Collected and Illustrated with Historical and Critical Notices|publisher=London : Blackie|page=159
{{quote-book|en|year=1864|author=Elizabeth Lynn Linton|title=The Lake Country|page=172
{{quote-book|en|year=1880|title=Littell's Living Age|page=448
A low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.
{{quote-book|en|year=1901|title=The Pall Mall Magazine|page=138
{{quote-book|en|year=1983|origyear=1897|author=Ernest Hamilton|title=The Outlaws of the Marches
{{quote-book|en|author=Conrad Riker|title=Fishing: A Comprehensive Exploration|publisher=Conrad Riker
Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
{{quote-text|en|year=1979|author=Richard Dean Rosen|title=Psychobabble|page=93
{{quote-text|en|year=1983|author=Harvey Jackins|title=The Reclaiming of Power|page=14
(attributive form of).
(quote-book)
Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
Weak; not holding fast.
Moderate in some capacity.
Moderately warm.
Moderate in speed.
Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
(RQ:KJV).
Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
{{quote-book|en|year=1928|author=Lawrence R. Bourne
(quote-journal)
Excess; surplus to requirements.
Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
Lax.
Slackly.
To slacken.
(RQ:Lyly Mother Bombie)
(RQ:South Twelve Sermons) should slack their pace.
To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene).
To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
To refuse to work as hard as one is supposed to.
A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
(senseid) A valley, or small, shallow dell; a sag or saddle in a ridge.
{{quote-book|en|year=1812|author=Walter Scott|title=Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border: Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads Collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland, with a Few of Modern Date Founded Upon Local Tradition|page=246
{{quote-book|en|year=1871|author=Walter Scott|title=Waverly Novels|page=159
{{quote-book|en|year=1875|author=Alexander Smith|title=A New History of Aberdeenshire|page=690
{{quote-book|en|year=1960|author=John Home|title=Survey of Assynt
A flat-bottomed, hollow zone within a sand-dune system that has developed over impervious strata, sometimes due to erosion or blow-out of the dune system; its flat base level is therefore close to or at the permanent water-table level, and therefore has rich, marshy flora, with Salix species (willows) as typical woody colonisers.
(U); coal dust.

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