slow down


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Verb1.slow down - lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
decelerate, slow, slow up, retard
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
slow up, slow, slow down - cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"
delay, detain, hold up - cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
2.slow down - become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
slacken, slow up, slow, slack
weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
3.slow down - cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"
slow up, slow
bog, bog down - cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down the house"
decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up - lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
constipate, clog - impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"
4.slow down - reduce the speed of; "He slowed down the car"
decelerate
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
moderate - make less fast or intense; "moderate your speed"
fishtail - slow down by moving the tail sideways; "The airplane fishtailed on the runway"
5.slow down - become less tense, rest, or take one's easeslow down - 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"
relax, decompress, unwind, loosen up, unbend
vege out, vegetate - engage in passive relaxation; "After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television"
sit back, take it easy - settle into a comfortable sitting position
change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
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Translations
zpomalit
sagtne farten
hidastaa
usporitiusporavati
もっとのんびりする
속도를 늦추다
sakta ner
ชะลอ, ช้าลง
làm chậm lại

slow down

→ يُبَطِّئُ zpomalit sagtne farten verlangsamen επιβραδύνω aminorar la velocidad hidastaa ralentir usporiti rallentare もっとのんびりする 속도를 늦추다 vertragen redusere hastigheten zwolnić abrandar, diminuir a velocidade замедлять(ся) sakta ner ชะลอ, ช้าลง yavaşlamak làm chậm lại 减速
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Well, when the dark shut down, in the rugged hills, that poor little chap had been tearing around in the saddle all day, and I noticed by the slack knee-pressure that she was tired and tottery, and I got dreadfully afraid; but every time I tried to slow down and let her go to sleep, so I could stop, she hurried me up again; and so, sure enough, at last over she went!
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He was on Ashland Avenue before exhaustion compelled him to slow down, and then, noticing a car, he made a dart for it and drew himself aboard.
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`Then she'd laugh and slow down for a little, but she'd soon forget and begin to pedal and sing again.
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My companion signaled that I slow down, and running his machine close beside mine suggested that we approach and watch the ceremony, which, he said, was for the purpose of conferring honors on individual officers and men for bravery and other distinguished service.
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The man was either walking very fast down one-half of the corridor in order to walk very slow down the other half; or he was walking very slow at one end to have the rapture of walking fast at the other.
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On the country roads after she had gotten out of sight of the houses she let the horses slow down to a walk and her wild, reckless mood passed.
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"People think they are real so they are supposed to slow down.
Drivers' speed 'bumps' surprise
GRAHAM ROBERTSON, 55, TAXI DRIVER, NORTHFIELD YES, but there's a junction at Laurencekirk where people don't slow down enough.
YOUR VIEW
''Yan po ang pinagtutuunan namin ng pansin ngayon kasi minsan 'yung ginagawa ng mga bus drivers, ang gagawin nila, magso-slow down sila sa traffic lights para makuha nila ['yung mga paparating na pasahero] (Bus drivers often slow down before traffic lights to be able to load more passengers),' Nebrija said in a radio interview.
MMDA eyeing barricades vs illegal loading, unloading of passengers
But the industrial sectors are expected to slow down in the following months, except for the car industry.Industrial production in Slovakia increased by 3.
Jaguar Land Rover helped Slovakia's industrial production grow
Increasingly, by seeking out opportunities to slow down.
The Growing Business of Helping Customers Slow Down

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