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SLOW UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slow up mean?
• SLOW UP (verb)
The verb SLOW UP has 3 senses:
2. cause to proceed more slowly
3. lose velocity; move more slowly
Familiarity information: SLOW UP used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become slow or slower
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
slack; slacken; slow; slow down; slow up
Context example:
Production slowed
Hypernyms (to "slow up" is one way to...):
weaken (become weaker)
Sentence frames:
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Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to proceed more slowly
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
Context example:
The illness slowed him down
Hypernyms (to "slow up" is one way to...):
decelerate; retard; slow; slow down; slow up (lose velocity; move more slowly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slow up"):
bog; bog down (cause to slow down or get stuck)
clog; constipate (impede with a clog or as if with a clog)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Lose velocity; move more slowly
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
decelerate; retard; slow; slow down; slow up
Context example:
The car decelerated
Hypernyms (to "slow up" is one way to...):
decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slow up"):
slow; slow down; slow up (cause to proceed more slowly)
delay; detain; hold up (cause to be slowed down or delayed)
Sentence frames:
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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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