slower

Pluralslowers

1. 1
   adjective

   Comparative of slow. Use it to say one thing moves or happens with less speed than another.

   The slower train stops at every small station along the way.

   This back road is slower than the main highway.

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2. 2
   adverb

   Comparative of slow. Use it to say someone or something moves at less speed than before or than another.

   Please drive slower when you pass the school.

   The old clock ran slower after the battery weakened.

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A thing that makes something else move or happen more slowly.

   Like a brake that keeps a wheel from spinning too fast.

   Engineers added a slower to the conveyor belt so parts would not fly off the end.

   The thick mud worked as a slower, holding back the rushing water.

   Similarbrake, check, drag

   Oppositeaccelerator

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