slow
/sloʊ/ verb B1- To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of. · slow the process
- To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of. · slow the traffic
- To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
He/she/it slows · Past slowed · Past participle slowed · -ing form slowing
Verb forms
- Base form
- slow
- He/she/it
- slows
- Past
- slowed
- Past participle
- slowed
- -ing form
- slowing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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At first they move a little slow,
Things had indeed been very slow with us, and I had learned to dread such periods of inaction, for I knew by experience that my companion’s brain was so abnormally active that it was dangerous to leave it without material upon which to work.
“By the Broken Lock that freed me,” said Bagheera, when twilight had fallen, “thou art no slow goer!”
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
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