See Also: slow(1)(dictionary)
Slow(medicine)
slow ray(medicine)
go-slow(dictionary)
go-slow(dictionary)
slow(dictionary)
Slow-k(health)
slow(2)(dictionary)
slow muscle(medicine)
slow pyrolysis(medicine)

slow (iou)



slow verb. ME.
[from the adjective; not continuous with Old English slawian (see FORSLOW).]
I. verb intrans.
Be slow to do something. Only in ME.
Slacken in rate or speed; move more slowly. Also foll. by down, up. L16.
J. M. Coetzee My breathing slowed and I grew calmer. J. Updike Traffic..slowed to a honking..crawl.
Become less active or vigorous. Usu. foll. by down. L19.
G. Daly He had to slow down and take better care of himself.
II. verb trans.
Lose (time) by delay. Only in E16.
a. Delay, check, retard; reduce the rate or speed of, ease. Also foll. by down. M16.
E. Bowen She slowed down her running steps to a walk. E. Young-Bruehl Anna Freud's circuitous methods seemed to slow the development of child analysis.
b. Cause (a vehicle) gradually to slacken in speed. Also foll. by down, up. M19.
Comb.: slow-down the action of slowing down; spec. (a) an industrial go-slow; (b) a decline in productivity or demand; slow-up an act of slowing a train etc.
slower noun that which checks or impedes; a retarding influence: E17.