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Slows
- verb - become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
- cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"
- lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
Sloyd
- - Lit., skilled mechanical work, such as that required in wood carving; trade work; hence, a system (usually called the sloyd system) of manual training in the practical use of the tools and materials used in the trades, and of instruction in the making and use of the plans and specifications connected with trade work. The sloyd system derives its name from the fact that it was adopted or largely developed from a similar Swedish system, in which wood carving was a chief feature. Its purpose is not only to afford practical skill in some trade, but also to develop the pupils mentally and physically.
Slubs
- noun - soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
Slued
- verb - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
Slues
- verb - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
Sluff
- unknown - variant spelling of slough
To shed, as with a snake skin
Slugs
- noun - (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"
- a counterfeit coin
- a projectile that is fired from a gun
- a strip of type metal used for spacing
- a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms
- an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped; "he took a slug of hard liquor"
- an idle slothful person
- any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
- be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
- strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out"
Slump
- noun - a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality"
- assume a drooping posture or carriage
- fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"
- fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"
- go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"