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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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The musician has composed a captivating symphony.
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- the cat doesn't care about anything.
- that's the way cats are.
WING
wing (noun)

Sounds:
- /wɪŋ/

Forms:
- wings (plural)

wing (noun) senses:
1. An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly
2. A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish
3. (slang) Human arm.
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wing (verb)

Forms:
- wings (present, singular, third-person)
- winging (participle, present)
- winged (participle, past)
- winged (past)
- wung (nonstandard, participle, past)
- wung (nonstandard, past)

wing (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
2. (intransitive) To fly.
3. (transitive, of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
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The organization will have been conducting research on this topic for years.
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boodle (noun): […] marauders ready to decamp with whatever boodle they could in one fell swoop at a moment’s notice, your money or your life, leaving you there to point a moral, gagged and garotted.

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- what do you want to do?
- i want to get a puppy for my son.
🌜 Present Simple 🌛

They draw pictures on paper.
SPECIFIC
specific (adj)

Sounds:
- /spəˈsɪf.ɪk/ (General-American, UK)
- /spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/ (General-American, UK)
- /spɛk.ˈsi.fɪk/ (Hong-Kong)

Forms:
- more specific (comparative)
- most specific (superlative)

specific (adj) senses:
1. explicit or definite.
2. (bioscience, taxonomy) pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.
3. Hyponyms: monospecific, multispecific, oligospecific, paucispecific
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