slown
English
Etymology
Formed on the analogy of past participles like grown, shown, and thrown. Equivalent to slow + -n.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sləʊn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /sloʊn/
- Rhymes: -əʊn
Verb
slown
- (nonstandard) past participle of slow
- 2008 June 13, Fred Weston, "Irish government loses vote in EU referendum" marxist.com:
- The latest forecasts are that early this year this had slown to around 2%, but it could slow further as the Irish economy is heavily dependent on exports both to the USA and the rest of the European Union.
- 2010, Amy Hempel, “Offertory”, in The Dog of the Marriage, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 113:
- 'Time has slown down.' It was like this woman was getting just as slown down as I was, even though she never touched the stuff.
- 2012 July 13, Associated Press, “Chinese economy hits three-year low”, in The Guardian, London:
- China's economic growth has slown down for eight quarters, the longest slowdown since the government began reporting such data in 1992, according Yu Bin, a cabinet researcher.
- 2008 June 13, Fred Weston, "Irish government loses vote in EU referendum" marxist.com:
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