slowing

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

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