- shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking - the evasion of work or duty
--1 is a kind of evasion, escape, dodging
Derived forms: verb slack1, verb slack2
- slack - avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
--1 is one way to fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun slacker1, noun slacking1
Somebody ----s
- slack - be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention"
--2 is one way to neglect
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun slacking1
Somebody ----s something
- slack - release tension on; "slack the rope"
--3 is one way to loosen, loose
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun slack5, noun slack4
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- slack, slacken, slack up, relax - make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
--4 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun slack2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken - become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
--5 is one way to weaken
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun slack2
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- slake, abate, slack - make less active or intense
--6 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun slack2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away - become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
--7 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- slack, slake - cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"
--8 is one way to hydrate
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun slack1
Somebody ----s something