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What is the verb for slow?

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slow
  1. (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
  2. (transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
  3. (intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Unfortunately, every company has employees that actually slow the productivity of everyone else.”
      “I had a rest after my workout to allow my heart rate to slow.”
      “Our car would slow to a halt after it ran out of gas.”
slows
slowing
sloweth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slow
slowed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of slow
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “As I approached some old oak trees, I slowed to a walk, then stopped entirely.”
      “I slowed to a walk when I got into the hall, so as not to wake anyone whose room I passed.”
      “We started jogging and got to the top of the street we're on and slowed to a walk.”
slown
  1. (nonstandard) past participle of slow
  2. Examples:
    1. “China's economic growth has slown down for eight quarters, the longest slowdown since the government began reporting such data in 1992, according Yu Bin, a cabinet researcher.”
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