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MIDDLE
middle (noun)

Sounds:
- /ˈmɪdəl/ (US)
- [ˈmɪ.ɾɫ̩] (US)
- [ˈmɪ.dəɫ] (UK)
- [ˈmɪ.dʊ] (UK)
- [ˈmɪ̝.dəɫ] (General-Australian)
- [ˈmɪ̝.dʊ] (General-Australian)
- [ˈmɪ̝.ɾ-] (General-Australian)
- /ˈmɘdɘl/ (New-Zealand)
- [ˈmə.dɯ(ɫ)] (New-Zealand)
- [ˈmə.ɾ-] (New-Zealand)

Forms:
- middles (plural)

middle (noun) senses:
1. A centre, midpoint.
2. The part between the beginning and the end.
3. (cricket) The middle stump.
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middle (adj)

middle (adj) senses:
1. Located in the middle; in between.
2. Central.
3. (grammar) Pertaining to the middle voice.
middle (verb)

Forms:
- middles (present, singular, third-person)
- middling (participle, present)
- middled (participle, past)
- middled (past)

middle (verb) senses:
1. (obsolete) To take a middle view of.
2. (obsolete, nautical, transitive) To double (a rope) into two equal portions; to fold in the middle.
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By the time she arrived, we had already made the decision.
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- Steak, please.
- How would you like it?
- Medium rare, please.
- Anything else, sir?
- May I have a glass of red wine, please?
- Of course.
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SLOW
slow (adj)

Sounds:
- /sləʊ/ (UK)
- /sloʊ/ (US)

Forms:
- slower (comparative)
- slowest (superlative)

slow (adj) senses:
1. Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
2. Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
3. Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
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slow (verb)

Forms:
- slows (present, singular, third-person)
- slowing (participle, present)
- slowed (participle, past)
- slowed (past)

slow (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
2. (transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
3. (intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
slow (noun)

Forms:
- slows (plural)

slow (noun) senses:
1. Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
2. (music) A slow song.
slow (adv)

Forms:
- slower (comparative)
- slowest (superlative)

slow (adv) senses:
1. Slowly.
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