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sloweth

sloweth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slow.

Meaning of slow

Verb

slow (third-person singular simple present slows, present participle slowing, simple past and past participle slowed)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
    • slow the process
  2. (transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
    • slow the traffic
    Synonyms:
    delay, hinder, retard
  3. (intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
    • After about a minute, the creek bed vomited the debris into a gently sloped meadow. Saugstad felt the snow slow and tried to keep her hands in front of her.2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2013
    Synonyms:
    decelerate, slacken

See all 13 meanings of slow

Origin of sloweth

slow + -eth

Questions about sloweth

What is sloweth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sloweth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slow.

Words near sloweth in the dictionary

  1. slowest-acting
  2. slowest-footed
  3. slowest-growing
  4. slowest-moving
  5. slowest-paced
  6. sloweth
  7. Slowey
  8. Sloweys
  9. slowfooted
  10. slowfox
  11. slowhound

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