slaken

English

Verb

slaken

1. Obsolete spelling of slacken
   • 1914, Charles Warren Stoddard, Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska‎^[1]:

     I was glad when we were very politely invited to get out of the train and walk a plank over a puddle that for a moment submerged the track; glad when we were advised to foot it over a trestle-bridge that sagged in the swift current of a swollen stream; and gladder still when our locomotive began to puff and blow and slaken its pace as we climbed up into the mouth of a ravine fragrant with the warm scents of summer--albeit we could boast but a solitary brace of cars, and these small ones, and not overcrowded at that.

   • 1901, Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago, Volume I‎^[2]:

     And so she swept in, with her arm round Lucia's waist; while Elsley stood looking after her, well enough satisfied with her reception of him, and only hoping that the stream of words would slaken after a while. "

Anagrams

• ankles

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slaken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslaː.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: sla‧ken
• Rhymes: -aːkən

Verb

slaken

1. to utter (a sound, word or cry), especially a sigh; to heave; to fetch

Inflection

Inflection of slaken (weak)
infinitive	slaken
past singular	slaakte
past participle	geslaakt
infinitive	slaken
gerund	slaken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	slaak	slaakte
2nd person sing. (jij)	slaakt	slaakte
2nd person sing. (u)	slaakt	slaakte
2nd person sing. (gij)	slaakt	slaakte
3rd person singular	slaakt	slaakte
plural	slaken	slaakten
subjunctive sing.1	slake	slaakte
subjunctive plur.1	slaken	slaakten
imperative sing.	slaak
imperative plur.1	slaakt
participles	slakend	geslaakt
1) Archaic.