slack vs stank

slack

verb
  • To slacken. 

  • To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake. 

adv
  • Slackly. 

noun
  • Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient. 

  • A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place. 

  • A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains. 

  • The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it. 

  • Small coal; coal dust. 

  • A valley, or small, shallow dell. 

adj
  • Moderately warm. 

  • Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music. 

  • Not active or busy, successful, or violent. 

  • Excess; surplus to requirements. 

  • Lax; not tense; not firmly extended. 

  • Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager. 

  • Lax. 

  • Moderate in speed. 

  • Weak; not holding fast. 

stank

verb
  • To trample. 

  • To surround or guard. 

  • To stumble or lurch. 

  • To seal off an area of the mine in which a fire has started. 

  • To pack in tightly. 

  • To stink; to smell bad. 

  • To dam up; to block the flow of water or other liquid. 

  • To cause to smell bad. 

  • simple past tense of stink 

  • To cause (the udders) to become blocked and inflamed from lack of milking. 

noun
  • A stink; a foul smell. 

  • Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water. 

  • A dam or mound to stop water. 

adj
  • Foul-smelling, stinking, unclean. 

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