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Verb slow down has 5 senses

• slow down(v = verb.change) decelerate, retard, slow, slow up - lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
is one way to decrease, diminish, fall, lessen
Derived form noun slowdown₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• slow down(v = verb.change) slack, slacken, slow, slow up - become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
is one way to weaken
Derived form noun slowdown₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• slow down(v = verb.change) slow, slow up - cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"
is one way to decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up
Derived form noun slowdown₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• slow down(v = verb.change) decelerate - reduce the speed of; "He slowed down the car"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived form noun slowdown₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• slow down(v = verb.body) decompress, loosen up, relax, unbend, unwind - 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"
is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue slow down

THESAURUS

slow down

abate, allay, alleviate, arrest, assuage, attemper, backpedal, backwater, bank the fire, block, blunt, bog down, boycott, brake, bridle, chasten, check, clip the wings, confine, constrain, contain, control, cool, cool off, curb, curtail, curtail expenses, cut back, cut corners, cut down, damp, dampen, de-emphasize, deaden, deadlock, decelerate, decrease, delay, detain, diminish, dompt, downplay, drag, draw rein, dull, ease, ease off, ease up, enjoin, extenuate, go on strike, go out, govern, guard, halt, hang up, hinder, hold, hold at bay, hold back, hold fast, hold in, hold in check, hold in leash, hold out, hold up, impede, inhibit, keep, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep under control, keep within bounds, lag, lay, lay under restraint, lenify, lessen, let down, let up, let up on, lighten, lock out, lose ground, lose momentum, lose speed, make late, mire, mitigate, moderate, modulate, obstruct, obtund, palliate, pare down expenses, picket, play down, prohibit, pull, pull in, qualify, reduce, reduce the temperature, reef, rein, rein in, relax, restrain, retard, retrench, revolt, roll back, set back, shut it down, sit down, slack, slack off, slack up, slacken, slow, slow up, smother, snub, sober, sober down, soften, stall, stay, stifle, stop, straiten, strike, stymie, subdue, suppress, take a reef, take in sail, tame, temper, throttle down, tone down, tune down, unbend, underplay, unlax, unwind, walk out, weaken, withhold

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