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
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• 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) decrease (decrease%2:30:00::), diminish (diminish%2:30:00::), lessen (lessen%2:30:00::), fall (fall%2:30:06::) (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"
• S: (v) change magnitude (change_magnitude%2:30:00::) (change in size or magnitude)
• S: (v) change (change%2:30:00::) (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame