Dictionary entry details
• SLOW DOWN (verb)
Meaning:
Lose velocity; move more slowly
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
slow down; slow; decelerate; slow up; retard
Context example:
The car decelerated
Hypernyms (to "slow down" is one way to...):
decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slow down"):
slow; slow down; slow up (cause to proceed more slowly)
delay; detain; hold up (cause to be slowed down or delayed)
Sentence frames:
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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Become slow or slower
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
slow up; slacken; slow down; slow; slack
Context example:
Production slowed
Hypernyms (to "slow down" is one way to...):
weaken (become weaker)
Sentence frames:
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Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Cause to proceed more slowly
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
slow up; slow; slow down
Context example:
The illness slowed him down
Hypernyms (to "slow down" is one way to...):
decelerate; retard; slow; slow down; slow up (lose velocity; move more slowly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slow down"):
bog; bog down (cause to slow down or get stuck)
clog; constipate (impede with a clog or as if with a clog)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Reduce the speed of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
decelerate; slow down
Context example:
He slowed down the car
Hypernyms (to "slow down" is one way to...):
modify; qualify (add a modifier to a constituent)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slow down"):
moderate (make less fast or intense)
retard (cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate)
fishtail (slow down by moving the tail sideways)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
relax; decompress; unwind; loosen up; slow down; unbend
Context examples:
He relaxed in the hot tub / Let's all relax after a hard day's work
Hypernyms (to "slow down" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slow down"):
vege out; vegetate (engage in passive relaxation)
sit back; take it easy (settle into a comfortable sitting position)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody's (body part) ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue slow down
