slow down

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Verb	1.	slow down - lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" decelerate, slow, slow up, retard decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" slow up, slow, slow down - cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down" delay, detain, hold up - cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
	2.	slow down - become slow or slower; "Production slowed" slacken, slow up, slow, slack weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
	3.	slow down - cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down" slow up, slow bog, bog down - cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down the house" decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard - lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" constipate, clog - impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"
	4.	slow down - reduce the speed of; "He slowed down the car" decelerate alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" moderate - make less fast or intense; "moderate your speed" retard - cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate" fishtail - slow down by moving the tail sideways; "The airplane fishtailed on the runway"
	5.	slow down - become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" relax, decompress, unwind, loosen up, unbend vege out, vegetate - engage in passive relaxation; "After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television" sit back, take it easy - settle into a comfortable sitting position change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

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slow down → يبُطئ zpomalit sagtne farten verlangsamen επιβραδύνω aminorar la velocidad hidastaa ralentir usporiti rallentare もっとのんびりする 속도가 떨어지다 vertragen redusere hastigheten zwolnić diminuir a velocidade замедлить sakta ner แล่นช้าลง yavaşlamak làm chậm lại 减速

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accelerate alluvial deposit alluvial sediment alluvion alluvium anti-ageing bog bog down decelerate delay fishtail hinder lessen nuclear reactor obstruct rallentando retard retarder ritardando	Well, when the dark shut down, in the rugged hills, that poor little chap had been tearing around in the saddle all day, and I noticed by the slack knee-pressure that she was tired and tottery, and I got dreadfully afraid; but every time I tried to slow down and let her go to sleep, so I could stop, she hurried me up again; and so, sure enough, at last over she went! A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context My companion signaled that I slow down, and running his machine close beside mine suggested that we approach and watch the ceremony, which, he said, was for the purpose of conferring honors on individual officers and men for bravery and other distinguished service. A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context He was on Ashland Avenue before exhaustion compelled him to slow down, and then, noticing a car, he made a dart for it and drew himself aboard. The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context	slough grass slough of despond slough off Sloughing Sloughy Slouth hat Slovak Slovak Republic Slovakia Slovakian Slovakian monetary unit sloven Slovene Slovenia Slovenian Slovenija slovenliness slovenly slovenly person slovenly woman Slovenness Slovenry slow slow burn Slow coach slow down slow down or up slow food slow handclap slow infection slow lane Slow lemur slow loris slow march slow match slow motion slow neutron slow time slow time scale slow up slow virus slow-acting slow-burning slow-footed slow-mo slow-motion slow-moving slow-pitch slow-witted slow-wittedness Slowback	Slow Burning slow but sure slow but sure slow but sure slow but sure slow but sure slow channel slow channel slow channel slow channel slow channel Slow Children At Play Slow Children Playing Slow Circulating Rate Slow clap Slow clap Slow coach slow code Slow Continuous Quality Improvement Slow Continuous Ultrafiltration Slow cooker Slow Cookoff Bomb Slow Cortical Potential Slow Crack Growth slow death slow death factor slow death factor slow death factor slow death factor slow diastolic depolarization slow down slow down or up Slow Dynamics and Glass Transition Slow eye Slow Eye Movement Desensitization Slow Eye Movements Slow eyed Slow eyes Slow fading Slow fading Slow fading Slow fading Slow Fading Margin Slow fire Slow fires Slow Flat Fading Channel Slow Food Slow Food Slow Food Huron Valley Slow Food Movement Slow Food Movement Slow Food on Campus Slow foods Slow Frequency Hopping Slow Frequency Hopping Spread-Spectrum Slow Frequency-Hop Spread-Spectrum Multiple-Access Slow Frequency-Hopped Spread-Spectrum Multiple Access Slow Frequency-Hopping Multi-Carrier slow going

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accelerate
alluvial deposit
alluvial sediment
alluvion
alluvium
anti-ageing
bog
bog down
decelerate
delay
fishtail
hinder
lessen
nuclear reactor
obstruct
rallentando
retard
retarder
ritardando

Well, when the dark shut down, in the rugged hills, that poor little chap had been tearing around in the saddle all day, and I noticed by the slack knee-pressure that she was tired and tottery, and I got dreadfully afraid; but every time I tried to slow down and let her go to sleep, so I could stop, she hurried me up again; and so, sure enough, at last over she went!

A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context

My companion signaled that I slow down, and running his machine close beside mine suggested that we approach and watch the ceremony, which, he said, was for the purpose of conferring honors on individual officers and men for bravery and other distinguished service.

A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

He was on Ashland Avenue before exhaustion compelled him to slow down, and then, noticing a car, he made a dart for it and drew himself aboard.

The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context

Slow Burning
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Slow Children At Play
Slow Children Playing
Slow Circulating Rate
Slow clap
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Slow Continuous Quality Improvement
Slow Continuous Ultrafiltration
Slow cooker
Slow Cookoff Bomb
Slow Cortical Potential
Slow Crack Growth
slow death
slow death factor
slow death factor
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slow death factor
slow diastolic depolarization

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Slow Food
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Slow Food Huron Valley
Slow Food Movement
Slow Food Movement
Slow Food on Campus
Slow foods
Slow Frequency Hopping
Slow Frequency Hopping Spread-Spectrum
Slow Frequency-Hop Spread-Spectrum Multiple-Access
Slow Frequency-Hopped Spread-Spectrum Multiple Access
Slow Frequency-Hopping Multi-Carrier
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