English words starting with sl

Meanings of Sla:

abbreviation

Service level agreement.

Meanings of Slab:

noun

A large, thick, flat piece of stone or concrete, typically square or rectangular in shape.

Usage examples:

Paving slabs

verb

Remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks.

Usage examples:

He slabbed the log on the two other remaining sides to make a rectangular timber

Meanings of Slabbed:

adjective

Covered with slabs.

Usage examples:

A slabbed patio area

verb

Remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks.

Usage examples:

He slabbed the log on the two other remaining sides to make a rectangular timber

Meanings of Slabber:

verb

Dribble at the mouth; slaver.

Usage examples:

He was slabbering like a child

Meanings of Slabbered:

verb

Dribble at the mouth; slaver.

Usage examples:

He was slabbering like a child

Meanings of Slabbering:

verb

Dribble at the mouth; slaver.

Usage examples:

He was slabbering like a child

Meanings of Slabbers:

verb

Dribble at the mouth; slaver.

Usage examples:

He was slabbering like a child

Meanings of Slack:

adjective

Not taut or held tightly in position; loose.

Usage examples:

A slack rope

noun

The part of a rope or line which is not held taut; the loose or unused part.

Usage examples:

I picked up the rod and wound in the slack

verb

Loosen (something, especially a rope).

Usage examples:

Slacking the outhaul allows you to adjust the sail

Meanings of Slack off:

phrasal verb

If someone slacks off, they stop working hard or putting effort into something

Usage examples:

Companies just want to make sure their employees aren't slacking off., he urged washington not to s…

Meanings of Slack-up:

idiom

To improve a situation by doing something that someone else has not done or not completed

Usage examples:

With our best player injured, other players have to pick up the slack.

Meanings of Slacked:

verb

Loosen (something, especially a rope).

Usage examples:

Slacking the outhaul allows you to adjust the sail

adjective

Not taut or held tightly in position; loose.

Usage examples:

A slack rope

noun

The part of a rope or line which is not held taut; the loose or unused part.

Usage examples:

I picked up the rod and wound in the slack

Meanings of Slacken:

verb

Make or become slack.

Usage examples:

He slackened his grip

Meanings of Slacken-off:

verb

To loosen something, or to become loose

Usage examples:

[ i ] his muscles slackened under the steaming shower., [ t ] let’s slacken our pace a little.

Meanings of Slackened:

verb

Make or become slack.

Usage examples:

He slackened his grip

Meanings of Slackening:

verb

Make or become slack.

Usage examples:

He slackened his grip

Meanings of Slackens:

verb

Make or become slack.

Usage examples:

He slackened his grip

Meanings of Slackers:

noun

A person who avoids work or effort.

Usage examples:

The slackers who let the side down by their want of team spirit

Meanings of Slackest:

adjective

Not taut or held tightly in position; loose.

Usage examples:

A slack rope

Meanings of Slacking:

verb

Loosen (something, especially a rope).

Usage examples:

Slacking the outhaul allows you to adjust the sail

adjective

Not taut or held tightly in position; loose.

Usage examples:

A slack rope

noun

The part of a rope or line which is not held taut; the loose or unused part.

Usage examples:

I picked up the rod and wound in the slack

Meanings of Slackly:

adverb

Loosely; not tightly

Usage examples:

The wooden gates were hanging slackly on their hinges., a telegraph line hangs slackly over waste g…

Meanings of Slackness:

noun

The state of being slower and less active than usual

Usage examples:

Low sales figures were partly because of normal mid-summer slackness in/of demand., the inspector c…

Meanings of Slacks:

noun

The part of a rope or line which is not held taut; the loose or unused part.

Usage examples:

I picked up the rod and wound in the slack

verb

Loosen (something, especially a rope).

Usage examples:

Slacking the outhaul allows you to adjust the sail

adjective

Not taut or held tightly in position; loose.

Usage examples:

A slack rope

Meanings of Slag:

noun

Stony waste matter separated from metals during the smelting or refining of ore.

Usage examples:

The burning liquid iron was forming a scum of slag

verb

Criticize (someone) in an abusive and insulting manner.

Usage examples:

The film has been slagged by many critics for its improbable plot

Meanings of Slag-heap:

noun

A hill made from the waste material from a mine

Meanings of Slag-off:

phrasal verb

Criticize someone in an abusive and insulting manner.

Usage examples:

She was always slagging him off