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Slow Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Slow? [adv] without speed; "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly' as in"please go slow; I want to see the sights") [adv] of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind" [adj] (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" [adj] slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" [adj] not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth" [adj] (music) at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz" [adj] (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; "the clock is slow" [adj] so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome" [v] lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" [v] become slow or slower; "Production slowed" [v] cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Slow: adagio \| andante \| behind \| boring \| bumper-to-bumper \| crawling \| dawdling \| deadening \| decelerate \| dense \| dilatory \| dim \| dragging \| drawling \| drawn-out \| dull \| dumb \| easy \| ho-hum \| inactive \| irksome \| laggard \| larghetto \| larghissimo \| largo \| lazy \| lentissimo \| lento \| long-play \| long-playing \| moderato \| obtuse \| pokey \| poky \| retard \| slack \| slacken \| slow down \| slow up \| slowly \| slow-moving \| sluggish \| stupid \| tardily \| tedious \| tiresome \| uninteresting \| wearisome Related Terms \| Find terms related to Slow: See Also \| bog \| bog down \| clog \| constipate \| delay \| delayed \| detain \| gradual \| hold up \| slow \| unhurried \| weaken Slow In Webster's Dictionary \Slow\, obs. imp. of {Slee}, to slay. Slew. --Chaucer. \Slow\, a. [Compar. {Slower}; superl. {Slowest}.] [OE. slow, slaw, AS. sl[=a]w; akin to OS. sl?u blunt, dull, D. sleeuw, slee, sour, OHG. sl?o blunt, dull, Icel. sl?r, sl?r, Dan. sl["o]v, Sw. sl["o]. Cf. {Sloe}, and {Sloth}.] 1. Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion. 2. Not happening in a short time; gradual; late. These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast. --Milton. 3. Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue. Fixed on defense, the Trojans are not slow To guard their shore from an expected foe. --Dryden. 4. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive. He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding. --Prov. xiv. 29. 5. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow. 6. Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences. 7. Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull. [Colloq.] --Dickens. Thackeray. Note: Slow is often used in the formation of compounds for the most part self-explaining; as, slow-gaited, slow-paced, slow-sighted, slow-winged, and the like. {Slow coach}, a slow person. See def.7, above. [Colloq.] {Slow lemur}, or {Slow loris} (Zo["o]l.), an East Indian nocturnal lemurine animal ({Nycticebus tardigradus}) about the size of a small cat; -- so called from its slow and deliberate movements. It has very large round eyes and is without a tail. Called also {bashful Billy}. {Slow match}. See under {Match}. Syn: Dilatory; late; lingering; tardy; sluggish; dull; inactive. Usage: {Slow}, {Tardy}, {Dilatory}. Slow is the wider term, denoting either a want of rapid motion or inertness of intellect. Dilatory signifies a proneness to defer, a habit of delaying the performance of what we know must be done. Tardy denotes the habit of being behind hand; as, tardy in making up one's acounts. \Slow\, adv. Slowly. Let him have time to mark how slow time goes In time of sorrow. --Shak. \Slow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slowing}.] To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer. --Shak. \Slow\, v. i. To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge. \Slow\, n. A moth. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.

Slow Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Slow?

[adv] without speed; "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly' as in"please go slow; I want to see the sights")
[adv] of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"
[adj] (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
[adj] slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
[adj] not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth"
[adj] (music) at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz"
[adj] (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; "the clock is slow"
[adj] so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
[v] lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
[v] become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
[v] cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"

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Slow In Webster's Dictionary

\Slow\, obs.
imp. of {Slee}, to slay. Slew. --Chaucer.


\Slow\, a. [Compar. {Slower}; superl. {Slowest}.] [OE.
slow, slaw, AS. sl[=a]w; akin to OS. sl?u blunt, dull, D.
sleeuw, slee, sour, OHG. sl?o blunt, dull, Icel. sl?r, sl?r,
Dan. sl["o]v, Sw. sl["o]. Cf. {Sloe}, and {Sloth}.]
1. Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift;
   not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as,
   a slow stream; a slow motion.

2. Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.

         These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced
         Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.
                                               --Milton.

3. Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as,
   slow of speech, and slow of tongue.

         Fixed on defense, the Trojans are not slow To guard
         their shore from an expected foe.     --Dryden.

4. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation;
   tardy; inactive.

         He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.
                                               --Prov. xiv.
                                               29.

5. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true
   time; as, the clock or watch is slow.

6. Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of
   arts and sciences.

7. Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome;
   dull. [Colloq.] --Dickens. Thackeray.

Note: Slow is often used in the formation of compounds for
      the most part self-explaining; as, slow-gaited,
      slow-paced, slow-sighted, slow-winged, and the like.

{Slow coach}, a slow person. See def.7, above. [Colloq.]

{Slow lemur}, or {Slow loris} (Zo["o]l.), an East Indian
   nocturnal lemurine animal ({Nycticebus tardigradus}) about
   the size of a small cat; -- so called from its slow and
   deliberate movements. It has very large round eyes and is
   without a tail. Called also {bashful Billy}.

{Slow match}. See under {Match}.

Syn: Dilatory; late; lingering; tardy; sluggish; dull;
     inactive.

Usage: {Slow}, {Tardy}, {Dilatory}. Slow is the wider term,
       denoting either a want of rapid motion or inertness of
       intellect. Dilatory signifies a proneness to defer, a
       habit of delaying the performance of what we know must
       be done. Tardy denotes the habit of being behind hand;
       as, tardy in making up one's acounts.


\Slow\, adv.
Slowly.

      Let him have time to mark how slow time goes In time of
      sorrow.                                  --Shak.


\Slow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Slowing}.]
To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay;
as, to slow a steamer. --Shak.


\Slow\, v. i.
To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up
before crossing the bridge.


\Slow\, n.
A moth. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.

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