forslack

/fə(ɹ)ˈslæk/

forslack verb: to slack up; be or grow slack; pall.

Verb

forslack (third-person singular simple present forslacks, present participle forslacking, simple past and past participle forslacked)

(intransitive, rare) To slack up; be or grow slack; pall.
(obsolete, transitive) To be slack in; neglect by idleness; relax; render slack; delay; lose or spoil by slackness.
- But they were virgins all, and love eschewed / That might forslack the charge to them fore-shewd.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book VII, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 45
- The official thinking to foreslacke no time, taking counsell with his fellowes, laide hands uppon this Peter, and brought him before the inquisitor.1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC

শিথিল করা, শিথিল হওয়া, হওয়া, ম্লান হওয়া, কাজে ঢিলেমি করা, অলসতার কারণে অবহেলা করা

third-person singular present	forslacks
present participle	forslacking
past participle	forslacked
past	forslacked
alternative form	foreslack

From for- + slack.

What does forslack mean?: Forslack means to slack up; be or grow slack; pall.
What is forslack in Bengali?: Forslack in Bengali is শিথিল করা, শিথিল হওয়া, হওয়া. See Forslack meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is forslack?: Forslack is a verb.
How do you pronounce forslack?: Forslack is pronounced /fə(ɹ)ˈslæk/.
What is the past tense of forslack?: The past tense of forslack is forslacked.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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