slow
adv.
slowly, at a low rate of speed
adj.
not fast, unhurried; dull-witted, not understanding quickly; gradual, prolonged; not responding quickly; not keeping the proper time (of a clock or wristwatch); not busy; boring
v.
make slow; retard, delay; decelerate, reduce speed
Slow
slow
Verb
1. lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
(synonym) decelerate, slow down, slow up, retard
(hypernym) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
(hyponym) slow down, slow up
(derivation) deceleration, slowing, retardation
2. become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
(synonym) slow down, slow up, slack, slacken
(hypernym) weaken
(derivation) deceleration, slowing, retardation
3. cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"
(synonym) slow down, slow up
(hypernym) decelerate, slow down, slow up, retard
(hyponym) bog down, bog
Adjective
1. 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"
(antonym) fast
(similar) bumper-to-bumper
(see-also) delayed
(attribute) speed, swiftness, fastness
2. at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz"
(antonym) fast
(similar) adagio
(classification) music
3. 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"
(synonym) dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse
(similar) stupid
4. (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; "the clock is slow"
(antonym) fast
5. 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"
(synonym) boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
(similar) uninteresting
6. (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
(synonym) dull, sluggish
(similar) inactive
(classification) commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
Adverb
1. without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'); "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights"
(synonym) slowly, easy, tardily
(classification) colloquialism
2. of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"
(synonym) behind
slow (m)
n.
slow number
slow (m)
n.
slow dance