From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slow down
v 1: lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
[syn: {decelerate}, {slow}, {slow down}, {slow up},
{retard}] [ant: {accelerate}, {quicken}, {speed}, {speed
up}]
2: become slow or slower; "Production slowed" [syn: {slow},
{slow down}, {slow up}, {slack}, {slacken}]
3: cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"
[syn: {slow}, {slow down}, {slow up}]
4: reduce the speed of; "He slowed down the car" [syn:
{decelerate}, {slow down}] [ant: {accelerate}, {speed},
{speed up}]
5: become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in
the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" [syn:
{relax}, {loosen up}, {unbend}, {unwind}, {decompress}, {slow
down}] [ant: {tense}, {tense up}]
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