slow – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of slow

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to slow
Participle: slowed
Gerund: slowing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Islow
youslow
he;she;itslows
weslow
youslow
theyslow

Perfect

Ihave slowed
youhave slowed
he;she;ithas slowed
wehave slowed
youhave slowed
theyhave slowed

Past

Islowed
youslowed
he;she;itslowed
weslowed
youslowed
theyslowed

Pluperfect

Ihad slowed
youhad slowed
he;she;ithad slowed
wehad slowed
youhad slowed
theyhad slowed

Future

Iwill slow
youwill slow
he;she;itwill slow
wewill slow
youwill slow
theywill slow

Future Perfect

Iwill have slowed
youwill have slowed
he;she;itwill have slowed
wewill have slowed
youwill have slowed
theywill have slowed

Subjunctive

Present

Islow
youslow
he;she;itslow
weslow
youslow
theyslow

Perfect

Ihave slowed
youhave slowed
he;she;ithave slowed
wehave slowed
youhave slowed
theyhave slowed

Imperfect

Islowed
youslowed
he;she;itslowed
weslowed
youslowed
theyslowed

Pluperfect

Ihad slowed
youhad slowed
he;she;ithad slowed
wehad slowed
youhad slowed
theyhad slowed

Conditional

Present

Iwould slow
youwould slow
he;she;itwould slow
wewould slow
youwould slow
theywould slow

Perfect

Iwould have slowed
youwould have slowed
he;she;itwould have slowed
wewould have slowed
youwould have slowed
theywould have slowed

Imperative

youslow
weLet's slow
youslow

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam slowing
youare slowing
he;she;itis slowing
weare slowing
youare slowing
theyare slowing

Perfect

Ihave been slowing
youhave been slowing
he;she;ithas been slowing
wehave been slowing
youhave been slowing
theyhave been slowing

Past

Iwas slowing
youwere slowing
he;she;itwas slowing
wewere slowing
youwere slowing
theywere slowing

Pluperfect

Ihad been slowing
youhad been slowing
he;she;ithad been slowing
wehad been slowing
youhad been slowing
theyhad been slowing

Future

Iwill be slowing
youwill be slowing
he;she;itwill be slowing
wewill be slowing
youwill be slowing
theywill be slowing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been slowing
youwill have been slowing
he;she;itwill have been slowing
wewill have been slowing
youwill have been slowing
theywill have been slowing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be slowing
youwould be slowing
he;she;itwould be slowing
wewould be slowing
youwould be slowing
theywould be slowing

Perfect

Iwould have been slowing
youwould have been slowing
he;she;itwould have been slowing
wewould have been slowing
youwould have been slowing
theywould have been slowing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'slow'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'slow'

blow, flow, glow, low, plow, scow, show, slew, slog, slop,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Etymology

1. From Middle English slaw, slow, from Old English slāw (“lazy; inert, slow”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiw, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“blunt; dull; exhausted, faint, sluggish, weak, weary; listless, torpid; dim-witted, slow; lazy, slack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sleyH-u- (“bad”).
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Dutch slee, sleeuw (“cramped, stiff; blunt; sour”), Danish sløv (“blunt; dull; apathetic, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid; drowsy”), Icelandic sljór (“dim-witted; blunt; jaded”), Norwegian Nynorsk sljo, slø, sløv (“blunt; weak; lazy”), Swedish slö (“dull; lazy, lethargic, slow, sluggish”).

Verbs referencing "slow"

Dutch slowen.

Sample Sentences

  • and we both suddenly see a shadow. So, we slowed way down... (Blood & Myth)