slow down

1. Lose velocity;
   Move more slowly (synset 200440913)
   "The car decelerated"
   is a type of: decrease, diminish, fall, lessen - decrease in size, extent, or range
   subtypes:

   • slow, slow down, slow up - cause to proceed more slowly
   • delay, detain, hold up - cause to be slowed down or delayed
   same as: decelerate, retard, slow, slow up
2. Become slow or slower (synset 200441535)
   "Production slowed"
   is a type of: weaken - become weaker
   same as: slack, slacken, slow, slow up
3. Cause to proceed more slowly (synset 200441741)
   "The illness slowed him down"
   is a type of: decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up - lose velocity; move more slowly
   subtypes:

   • bog, bog down - cause to slow down or get stuck
   • clog, constipate - impede with a clog or as if with a clog
   same as: slow, slow up
4. Reduce the speed of (synset 200439450)
   "He slowed down the car"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes:

   • moderate - make less fast or intense
   • retard - cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate
   • fishtail - slow down by moving the tail sideways
   same as: decelerate
5. Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease (synset 200026378)
   "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"
   is a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
   subtypes:

   • vege out, vegetate - engage in passive relaxation
   • sit back, take it easy - settle into a comfortable sitting position
   same as: decompress, loosen up, relax, unbend, unwind

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