Noun

• S: (n) deceleration (deceleration%1:07:00::), slowing (slowing%1:07:00::), retardation (retardation%1:07:00::) (a decrease in rate of change) "the deceleration of the arms race"

Verb

• S: (v) decelerate (decelerate%2:30:00::), slow (slow%2:30:00::), slow down (slow_down%2:30:00::), slow up (slow_up%2:30:01::), retard (retard%2:30:00::) (lose velocity; move more slowly) "The car decelerated"
• S: (v) slow (slow%2:30:01::), slow down (slow_down%2:30:01::), slow up (slow_up%2:30:03::), slack (slack%2:30:05::), slacken (slacken%2:30:02::) (become slow or slower) "Production slowed"
• S: (v) slow (slow%2:30:05::), slow down (slow_down%2:30:04::), slow up (slow_up%2:30:02::) (cause to proceed more slowly) "The illness slowed him down"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) bog down (bog_down%2:30:00::), bog (bog%2:30:00::) (cause to slow down or get stuck) "The vote would bog down the house"
• S: (v) clog (clog%2:30:00::), constipate (constipate%2:30:01::) (impede with a clog or as if with a clog) "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame