slow

Words with a similar base: slow, slow_down, slow_up, slowly

'slow'

[decelerate.v.01] as in: lose velocity; move more slowly

Examples:
The car decelerated

'slow'

[slow.v.02] as in: become slow or slower

Examples:
Production slowed

'slow'

[slow.v.03] as in: cause to proceed more slowly

Examples:
The illness slowed him down

'slow'

[slow.a.01] as in: not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time

Examples:
a slow walker
the slow lane of traffic
her steps were slow
he was slow in reacting to the news
slow but steady growth

'slow'

[slow.a.02] as in: at a slow tempo

Examples:
the band played a slow waltz

'slow'

[dense.s.04] as in: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; ; ; - Thackeray

Examples:
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
dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
worked with the slow students

'slow'

[slow.a.04] as in: (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time

Examples:
the clock is slow

'slow'

[boring.s.01] as in: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke; ; - Mark Twain

Examples:
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
tedious days on the train
the tiresome chirping of a cricket
other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome

'slow'

[dull.s.05] as in: (of business) not active or brisk

Examples:
business is dull (or slow)
a sluggish market

'slow'

[slowly.r.01] as in: without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')

Examples:
he spoke slowly
go easy here--the road is slippery
glaciers move tardily
please go slow so I can see the sights

'slow'

[behind.r.03] as in: of timepieces

Examples:
the clock is almost an hour slow
my watch is running behind

Origins

					slow (English)
└── slaw (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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