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slow - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'slow' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Slow
- imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
2 . Slow [ adv.]
- Slowly.
3 . Slow [ n.]
- A moth.
4 . Slow [ superl.]
- 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.
- Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.
- Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue.
- Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.
- Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.
- Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.
- Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull.
5 . Slow [ v. i.]
- To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.
6 . Slow [ v. t.]
- To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer.

Meaning of 'slow' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . slow [ v]
Meaning (1):
- become slow or slower
Example in sentence:
  • Production slowed
Meaning (2):
- lose velocity; move more slowly
Example in sentence:
  • The car decelerated
Meaning (3):
- cause to proceed more slowly
Example in sentence:
  • The illness slowed him down
4 . slow [ a]
Meaning (4):
- not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
Example in sentence:
  • a slow walker;
  • he was slow in reacting to the news;
  • her steps were slow;
  • slow but steady growth;
  • the slow lane of traffic
Meaning (5):
- at a slow tempo
Example in sentence:
  • the band played a slow waltz
Meaning (6):
- (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
Example in sentence:
  • the clock is slow
7 . slow [ r]
Meaning (7):
- without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
Example in sentence:
  • glaciers move tardily;
  • go easy here--the road is slippery;
  • he spoke slowly;
  • please go slow so I can see the sights
Meaning (8):
- of timepieces
Example in sentence:
  • my watch is running behind;
  • the clock is almost an hour slow
9 . slow [ s]
Meaning (9):
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Example in sentence:
  • a boring evening with uninteresting people;
  • a dull play;
  • a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention;
  • his competent but dull performance;
  • other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome;
  • tedious days on the train;
  • the deadening effect of some routine tasks;
  • the tiresome chirping of a cricket;
  • what an irksome task the writing of long letters is
Meaning (10):
- (of business) not active or brisk
Example in sentence:
  • a sluggish market;
  • business is dull (or slow)
Meaning (11):
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
Example in sentence:
  • 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;
  • never met anyone quite so dim;
  • so dense he never understands anything I say to him;
  • worked with the slow students