1
[ verb ] become slow or slower

Examples

"Production slowed"

Used in print

(The Wall Street Journal,...)

Dr._Bonnor supports the idea that the universe both expands and contracts , that in several billion years the expansion will slow_up and reverse itself and that the contraction will set_in .

Related terms

weaken slump

2
[ verb ] cause to proceed more slowly

Synonyms

slow_down slow

Examples

"The illness slowed him down"

3
[ verb ] lose velocity; move more slowly

Examples

"The car decelerated"

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