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SLOW UP

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lose velocity; move more slowly

Example:

The car decelerated

Synonyms:

decelerate; retard; slow; slow down; slow up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "slow up" is one way to...):

decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slow up"):

slow; slow down; slow up (cause to proceed more slowly)

delay; detain; hold up (cause to be slowed down or delayed)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 2

Meaning:

Become slow or slower

Example:

Production slowed

Synonyms:

slack; slacken; slow; slow down; slow up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "slow up" is one way to...):

weaken (become weaker)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to proceed more slowly

Example:

The illness slowed him down

Synonyms:

slow; slow down; slow up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "slow up" is one way to...):

decelerate; retard; slow; slow down; slow up (lose velocity; move more slowly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slow up"):

bog; bog down (cause to slow down or get stuck)

clog; constipate (impede with a clog or as if with a clog)

Sentence frames:

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