Work+slowly

  • 91worm — v. a. Work slowly, secretly, and gradually (like a worm), writhe, wriggle, crawl, creep …

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  • 92slowdown — noun 1 (countable usually singular) a reduction in activity or speed: a slowdown in the US economy 2 (C) AmE a period when people deliberately work slowly in order to protest about something …

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  • 93plod — [v1] walk heavily clump*, drag, flounder, hike, lumber*, plug, schlepp*, slog*, stamp, stomp, toil, tramp, trample, tread, tromp, trudge, wallow; concept 151 Ant. tiptoe, walk lightly plod [v2] work slowly and under duress bear down*, buckle… …

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  • 94piddle — v. work slowly and without focus …

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  • 95piddle around — v. work slowly and without focus …

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  • 96slack — Ⅰ. slack [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) not taut or held tightly in position; loose. 2) (of business or trade) not busy; quiet. 3) careless, lazy, or negligent. 4) (of a tide) neither ebbing nor flowing. ► NOUN 1) …

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  • 97slacken — Ⅰ. slack [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) not taut or held tightly in position; loose. 2) (of business or trade) not busy; quiet. 3) careless, lazy, or negligent. 4) (of a tide) neither ebbing nor flowing. ► NOUN 1) …

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  • 98slackly — Ⅰ. slack [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) not taut or held tightly in position; loose. 2) (of business or trade) not busy; quiet. 3) careless, lazy, or negligent. 4) (of a tide) neither ebbing nor flowing. ► NOUN 1) …

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  • 99slackness — Ⅰ. slack [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) not taut or held tightly in position; loose. 2) (of business or trade) not busy; quiet. 3) careless, lazy, or negligent. 4) (of a tide) neither ebbing nor flowing. ► NOUN 1) …

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  • 100plod — v. & n. v. (plodded, plodding) 1 intr. (often foll. by along, on, etc.) walk doggedly or laboriously; trudge. 2 intr. (often foll. by at) work slowly and steadily. 3 tr. tread or make (one s way) laboriously. n. the act or a spell of plodding.… …

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