0 past simple and past participle of slow
1 to reduce speed or activity, or to make something do this:
Manufacturing activity slowed for the fourth consecutive month in November.
The economy has slowed enough for some analysts to predict a recession.
The early evening rush hour slowed my return to Richmond Road.
The remaining joints will be slowed proportional to the slow joint motion.
Rate of taper could be slowed once for every 3-day decrement if re-emergent symptoms were too severe for patients to go on.
A significant linear trend was found, whereas quadratic and cubic trends, which would have indicated slowed or arrested development, were not significant.