| decelerate | | |
| v. (change) | 1. decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up | lose velocity; move more slowly.; "The car decelerated" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | 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" |
| ~ slow up, slow, slow down | cause to proceed more slowly.; "The illness slowed him down" |
| ~ delay, detain, hold up | cause to be slowed down or delayed.; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform" |
| v. (change) | 2. decelerate, slow down | reduce the speed of.; "He slowed down the car" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ moderate | make less fast or intense.; "moderate your speed" |
| ~ retard | cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate.; "This drug will retard your heart rate" |
| ~ fishtail | slow down by moving the tail sideways.; "The airplane fishtailed on the runway" |
| sluggish | | |
| adj. | 1. sluggish, sulky | moving slowly.; "a sluggish stream" |
| ~ slow | not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time.; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth" |
| adj. | 2. dull, slow, sluggish | (of business) not active or brisk.; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| ~ inactive | lacking activity; lying idle or unused.; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery" |
| adj. | 3. inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid | slow and apathetic.; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" |
| ~ inactive | not active physically or mentally.; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature" |
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