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slow

verb
verb
BrE BrE//sləʊ//
; NAmE NAmE//sloʊ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they slow
BrE BrE//sləʊ//
; NAmE NAmE//sloʊ//
 he / she / it slows
BrE BrE//sləʊz//
; NAmE NAmE//sloʊz//
 past simple slowed
BrE BrE//sləʊd//
; NAmE NAmE//sloʊd//
 past participle slowed
BrE BrE//sləʊd//
; NAmE NAmE//sloʊd//
 -ing form slowing
BrE BrE//ˈsləʊɪŋ//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈsloʊɪŋ//
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[intransitive, transitive] to go or to make something/somebody go at a slower speed or be less active Economic growth has slowed a little. The bus slowed to a halt. slow down/up The car slowed down as it approached the junction. The game slowed up little in the second half. You must slow down (= work less hard) or you'll make yourself ill. slow something/somebody down/up The ice on the roads was slowing us down. slow something/somebody We hope to slow the spread of the disease. see also slowdown Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverbconsiderably, dramatically, markedly, … verb + slowbegin to, try to, be expected to, … phrasesslow to a crawl, slow to a snail’s pace, slow to a walk, … See full entry See related entries: Driving Word OriginOld English slāw ‘slow-witted, sluggish’, of Germanic origin.Extra examples Bill slowed his pace to allow her to catch up with him. Economic growth is expected to slow. I was nearing West Road when the traffic slowed to a crawl. Rachel tried to slow her breathing. Sales have slowed down quite markedly. She very deliberately slowed her steps. Slow down a little! The flow of people into the building slowed to a trickle. The roadblocks hardly slowed them at all. The two of them had slowed almost to a stop. Time seemed to slow down as she fell.
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