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Meaning of slow in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /sloʊ/

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  1. Verb

    slow

    Definitions

    1. lose velocity

    Examples

    • « move more slowly »
    • « The car decelerated »

    Antonyms

    • accelerate
    • speed up
    • speed
    • quicken
  2. 2. become slow or slower

    Examples

    • « Production slowed »
  3. 3. cause to proceed more slowly

    Examples

    • « The illness slowed him down »
  4. Classifying Adjective

    slow

    Definitions

    1. slow to learn or understand

    Examples

    • « 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 mak »

    Synonyms

    • stupid
  5. 2. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

    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; »

    Synonyms

    • uninteresting
  6. 3. (of business) not active or brisk

    Examples

    • « business is dull (or slow) »
    • « a sluggish market »

    Synonyms

    • inactive
  7. Adverb

    slow

    Definitions

    1. 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 »

    Antonyms

    • quickly
    • rapidly
    • speedily
    • chop-chop
    • apace
  8. 2. of timepieces

    Examples

    • « the clock is almost an hour slow »
    • « my watch is running behind »
  9. Qualitative Adjective

    slow

    Etymology

    Old English slāw ‘slow-witted, sluggish’, of Germanic origin

    Definitions

    1. not moving quickly

    Examples

    • « 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 »

    Synonyms

    • bumper-to-bumper
    • dilatory
    • laggard
    • poky
    • pokey
    • dragging
    • drawn-out
    • lazy
    • long-play
    • long-playing
    • slow-moving
    • sluggish

    Antonyms

    • fast
  10. 2. at a slow tempo

    Examples

    • « the band played a slow waltz »

    Synonyms

    • adagio
    • andante
    • lento
    • lentissimo
    • largo
    • larghetto
    • larghissimo
    • moderato

    Antonyms

    • fast
  11. 3. (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time

    Examples

    • « the clock is slow »

    Antonyms

    • fast

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