slow – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of slow

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to slow down
Participle: slowed down
Gerund: slowing down

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Islow down
youslow down
he;she;itslows down
weslow down
youslow down
theyslow down

Perfect

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

Past

Islowed down
youslowed down
he;she;itslowed down
weslowed down
youslowed down
theyslowed down

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Islow down
youslow down
he;she;itslow down
weslow down
youslow down
theyslow down

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Islowed down
youslowed down
he;she;itslowed down
weslowed down
youslowed down
theyslowed down

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youslow down
weLet's slow down
youslow down

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)