slacks

Meanings

1. 1
   noun The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
2. 2
   noun A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.
3. 3
   verb To slacken.
4. 4
   verb To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
5. 5
   verb To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
6. 6
   noun A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
7. 7
   noun A valley, or small, shallow dell.
8. 8
   noun Semi-formal trousers that are less formal than those part of a suit but suitable for wearing in most offices and therefore nowadays no longer considered casual trousers. (Takes a plural verb even when referring to a single pair; may be referred to as a pair of slacks)