Antonyms for slowing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : sloh |
| Phonetic Transcription : sloÊŠ |
Definition of slowing
Origin :- Old English slaw "inactive, sluggish, torpid, lazy," also "not clever," from Proto-Germanic *slæwaz (cf. Old Saxon sleu "blunt, dull," Middle Dutch slee, Dutch sleeuw "sour, tart, blunt," Old High German sleo "blunt, dull," Old Norse sljor, Danish sløv, Swedish slö "blunt, dull"). Meaning "taking a long time" is attested from early 13c. Meaning "dull, tedious" is from 1841. As an adverb c.1500. The slows "imaginary disease to account for lethargy" is from 1843.
- verb delay, restrict
- But the great ship was slowing; it came on, but its wild speed was checked.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- The result was that I discovered my perception of time was slowing down.
- Extract from : « The End of Time » by Wallace West
- When I was sure he was slowing up I put on the other drag and drew him closer.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- The train, slowing to a stop at a tank station, jarred to a standstill.
- Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
- Slowing their speed to less than fifty times that of light, they drove on.
- Extract from : « Invaders from the Infinite » by John Wood Campbell
- I said, "Westy, we're slowing down; it feels kind of funny; do you notice?"
- Extract from : « Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- The train was slowing down at the signal tower, and finally stopped there.
- Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp » by Annie Roe Carr
- It was slowing up as they watched, and presently came to a standstill.
- Extract from : « Two Daring Young Patriots » by W. P. Shervill
- He looked at her steadily for a moment, slowing his pace and fixing her with his eye.
- Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser
- It even seemed to me as I gazed that it was slowing down, out of spite.
- Extract from : « The Chauffeur and the Chaperon » by C. N. Williamson
Synonyms for slowing
- abate
- anchor it
- back-water
- bog down
- brake
- check
- choke
- curb
- curtail
- cut back
- cut down
- decelerate
- decrease
- detain
- diminish
- ease off
- ease up
- embog
- handicap
- hinder
- hit the brakes
- hold back
- hold up
- impede
- keep waiting
- lag
- lessen
- let down flaps
- loiter
- lose speed
- lose steam
- mire
- moderate
- postpone
- procrastinate
- qualify
- quiet
- reduce
- reduce speed
- reef
- regulate
- rein in
- relax
- retard
- retardate
- set back
- slacken
- stall
- stunt
- temper
- wind down
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