Verb

• 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"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) weaken (weaken%2:30:00::) (become weaker) "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
• S: (v) attenuate (attenuate%2:30:00::) (become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude)
• S: (v) melt (melt%2:30:10::), disappear (disappear%2:30:10::), evaporate (evaporate%2:30:03::) (become less intense and fade away gradually) "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"
• S: (v) die down (die_down%2:30:02::) (become progressively weaker) "the laughter died down"
• S: (v) collapse (collapse%2:30:00::) (lose significance, effectiveness, or value) "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed"
• S: (v) fade (fade%2:30:02::), melt (melt%2:30:05::) (become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly) "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
• S: (v) subside (subside%2:30:00::), lessen (lessen%2:30:01::) (wear off or die down) "The pain subsided"
• S: (v) blur (blur%2:30:00::), dim (dim%2:30:04::), slur (slur%2:30:00::) (become vague or indistinct) "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
• S: (v) pine away (pine_away%2:30:00::), waste (waste%2:30:02::), languish (languish%2:30:00::) (lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief) "After her husband died, she just pined away"
• S: (v) dull (dull%2:30:01::) (make less lively or vigorous) "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
• S: (v) pall (pall%2:30:00::) (lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)) "the course palled on her"
• S: (v) loosen (loosen%2:30:00::), relax (relax%2:30:02::), loose (loose%2:30:01::) (become loose or looser or less tight) "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
• S: (v) slacken (slacken%2:30:00::) (become looser or slack) "the rope slackened"
• 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) wilt (wilt%2:30:01::) (lose strength) "My opponent was wilting"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• 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"
• 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"