Sanakirja.org

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Substantiivi

1. (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
2. (mining) Small coal; coal dust.
3. (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell; a sag or saddle in a ridge.
4. (rail transport) A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
5. A dip in a surface.
6. 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.
7. In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.
8. (countable) A low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.
9. (uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
10. Attributive form of slacks (“semi-formal trousers”).

Adjektiivi

1. (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
2. Weak; not holding fast.
3. Moderate in some capacity.
4. Moderately warm.
5. Moderate in speed.
6. Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
7. Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
8. Excess; surplus to requirements.
9. (slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
10. (linguistics) Lax.

Verbi

1. (ambitransitive) To slacken.
2. (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
3. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
4. To refuse to work as hard as one is supposed to.

Adverbi

1. Slackly.