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Definition: SLACKED |
SLACKEDImperative & past participle1. Of Slacken |
Date "SLACKED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Crosswords: SLACKED |
| English words defined with "SLACKED": Air-slacked, Air-slacked lime ♦ Caustic lime ♦ Unslacked. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Next rolls Thomaston lime, a prime lot, which will get far among the hills before it gets slacked. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "SLACKED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "SLACKED" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "SLACKED". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Nepheg | N/A | Biblical | Slacked |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "SLACKED": Air-slacked. | |
Containing "SLACKED": Air-slacked lime. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SLACKED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 偷' (slacking). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | ließ nach. (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | mésztej (lime cream, lime milk, slack lime, slacked lime, slaked lime), kalciumhidroxid (slack lime, slacked lime, slaked lime). (various references) | ||||||||||
Korean | 늦"" (Slackened). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ackedslay ослабевать ослабленный. (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Habakkuk Chapter 1, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Dia touto dieskedastai nomoV kai ou diexagetai eiV teloV krima oti o asebhV katadunasteuei ton dikaion eneken toutou exeleusetai to krima diestrammenon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Propter hoc lacerata est lex et non pervenit usque ad finem iudicium quia impius praevalet adversus iustum propterea egreditur iudicium perversum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For this thing law is to-broken, and dom cummeth not vn to the eende; for vnpitous man hath miyt ayeinus the iust, therfore weywerd dom shal go out. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Therefore the law is slackened, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth encompass the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Habakkuk Chapter 1, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | Busa ang Kasugoan walay gahum, ang justicia wala gayud magapadayon; kay ang dautan nagalibut sa matarung: busa ang justicia nagapadayon nga binalit-ad. |
| Croatian | Zakon je izgubio snagu, a pravda se ni naèas ne pomalja. Da, zlikovac progoni pravednika, pravo je stoga izopaèeno. <p> |
| Danish | Derfor ligger Loven lammet, og Ret kommer aldrig frem. Thi når gudløse trænger retfærdige, fremkommer krøget Ret. |
| Dutch | Daarom wordt de wet onderlaten, en het recht komt nimmermeer voort; want de goddeloze omringt den rechtvaardige; daarom komt het recht verdraaid voor. |
| Finnish | Sentähden on laki heikko, ja oikeus ei tule milloinkaan voimaan. Sillä jumalaton saartaa vanhurskaan; sentähden oikeus vääristetään. |
| French | Aussi la loi n`a point de vie, La justice n`a point de force; Car le méchant triomphe du juste, Et l`on rend des jugements iniques. |
| German | Darum ist das Gesetz ohnmächtig, und keine rechte Sache kann gewinnen. Denn der Gottlose übervorteilt den Gerechten; darum ergehen verkehrte Urteile. |
| Haitian Creole | Lalwa a la, li pa sèvi anyen. Ou pa ka jwenn jistis. Mechan yo ap kraze moun k'ap mache dwat. Lajistis devan dèyè. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Hukum diremehkan dan keadilan tak pernah ditegakkan. Orang jahat menjadi unggul atas orang yang jujur, maka keadilan diputarbalikkan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sebab itu hukum dihalai-balaikan dan insafpun tiada lagi boleh menang; karena orang fasik merajalela atas orang yang benar; maka sebab itu hukumpun keluar terbalik. |
| Maori | Na reira kahakore noa iho te ture, kore tonu ake e puta te whakawa; e karapotia ana hoki te tika e te kino: na reira, te putanga o te whakawa, he parori ke. |
| Norwegian | Derfor er loven maktesløs, og retten kommer aldri frem; for ugudelige omringer den rettferdige, derfor kommer retten frem forvendt. |
| Portuguese | Por esta causa a lei se afrouxa, e a justiça nunca se manifesta; porque o ímpio cerca o justo, de sorte que a justiça é pervertida. |
| Rumanian | Deaceea legea este fqrq putere, wi dreptatea nu se vede, cqci cel rqu biruiewte pe cel neprihqnit, de aceea se fac judecqyi nedrepte. - |
| Russian | пФ ЬФПЗП ЪБЛПО ПФЕТСМ УЙМХ, Й УХ"Б ТБЧЙМШОПЗП ОЕФ: ФБЛ ЛБЛ ОЕЮЕУФЙЧЩК П"ПМЕЧБЕФ ТБЧЕ"ОПЗП, ФП Й УХ" ТПЙУИП"ЙФ ТЕЧТБФОЩК. |
| Spanish | La ley pierde su poder, y el derecho no prevalece; porque el impío cerca al justo. Por eso sale torcida la justicia. |
| Swedish | Därigenom bliver lagen vanmäktig, och rätten kommer aldrig fram. Ty den ogudaktige snärjer den rättfärdige; så framstår rätten förvrängd. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"SLACKED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Salcedo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SLACKED" (pronounced sla"kt) |
| 4 | -l a" k t | blacked, lacked. |
| 3 | -a" k t | abstract, act, attacked, attract, backed, counterattacked, cracked, detract, diffract, distract, enact, exact, extract, fact, hacked, impact, inexact, intact, interact, jacked, overreact, packed, pact, protract, racked, react, redact, reenact, repacked, retract, sacked, smacked, stacked, subtract, tacked, tact, tracked, tract, transact, unpacked, whacked, wracked. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-k-l-s" | |
-1 letter: calked, casked, clades, decals, lacked, sacked, scaled, slaked. | |
-2 letters: alecs, asked, cades, caked, cakes, calks, cased, clade, clads, daces, dales, deals, decal, decks, kales, laced, laces, lacks, lades, laked, lakes, lased, leads, leaks, scald, scale, skald, slack, slake. | |
-3 letters: aced, aces, alec, ales, cade, cads, cake, calk, case, cask, cels, clad, dace, daks. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-k-l-s" | |
+1 letter: shackled, spackled. | |
+2 letters: backslide, blockades, deadlocks, headlocks, slackened. | |
+3 letters: backfields, backlashed, backlisted, backpedals, backslider, backslides, blackheads, blackleads, blockaders, blockheads, dreadlocks, packsaddle, shellacked, unshackled. | |
+4 letters: backslapped, backslidden, backsliders, blackbodies, blacklisted, candlestick, candlewicks, fiddlebacks, packsaddles, sockdolager, spacewalked, stickhandle. | |
+5 letters: acknowledges, blackbirders, blackhanders, candlesticks, chuckleheads, griddlecakes, kaleidoscope, knuckleheads, postcardlike, sockdolagers, stickhandled, stickhandler, stickhandles, swashbuckled. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 4C 41 43 4B 45 44 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .-.. .- -.-. -.- . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01001100 01000001 01000011 01001011 01000101 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S L A C K E D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 004C 0041 0043 004B 0045 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53463537453938 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Names: Derived from 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Bible Trace | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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