slows

v. to move more slowly or to make something move more slowly.

v. to reduce the speed or rate of progress of an object or process.

“The car slows down as it approaches the sharp turn in the road.”

“The global economy typically slows during periods of high interest rates as borrowing costs for major corporations increase.”

n. an old name for a sickness people got from drinking milk from cows that ate poisonous plants.

n. a historical term for milk sickness, an acute illness caused by ingesting dairy products or meat from cattle that have consumed white snakeroot.

“In the 1800s, many settlers in the Midwest suffered from a mysterious illness called the slows.”

“Medical historians believe that Nancy Hanks Lincoln may have succumbed to the slows after consuming contaminated milk in rural Indiana.”

Archaic · Technical