decelerate

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verb

1. lose velocity;
move more slowly (Freq. 1)
- The car decelerated
• Syn:
slow, slow down, slow up, retard
• Ant:
accelerate
• Derivationally related forms:
retardation (for: retard), slowdown (for: slow down), slowing (for: slow), deceleration
• Hypernyms:
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
• Hyponyms:
slow, slow down, slow up, delay, detain, hold up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. reduce the speed of
- He slowed down the car
• Syn:
slow down
• Ant:
accelerate
• Derivationally related forms:
slowdown (for: slow down), deceleration
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
moderate, retard, fishtail
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  slow down, slow, slow up, retard
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  accelerate, speed, speed up, quicken