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ADJECTIVE slow COMPARATIVE slower SUPERLATIVE slowest
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slow English

Meaning slow meaning

What does slow mean?
Definitions in simple English

slow Adjective

— Something is slow if it takes a long time to move. It is not fast. A snail is a very slow animal. It moves slowly. — If something is slow, it does not happen in a short time. — If someone is slow, it takes them a while to understand something.

slow Verb

— If you slow someone or something, he, she, or it does not move as quickly as he, she, or it did before; you lower the speed of something. — If you slow, you do not progress as quickly as you did before.

slow

— adjective 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 — verb (= decelerate) lose velocity; move more slowly The car decelerated — adjective at a slow tempo the band played a slow waltz — verb become slow or slower Production slowed — adverb (= slowly, easy, tardily) 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 — verb cause to proceed more slowly The illness slowed him down — adjective (= dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse) 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 — adjective (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time the clock is slow — adverb (= behind) of timepieces the clock is almost an hour slow my watch is running behind — adjective (= dull, sluggish) (of business) not active or brisk business is dull (or slow) a sluggish market — adjective (= boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome) 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

Synonyms slow synonyms

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slow English » English

sluggish dull tardy slowly stupid leisurely lazy slow down inactive late unhurried delay slow up obtuse slack quiet dumb decelerate lethargic dim dilatory deliberate tedious retard lingering gradual careful weak gentle slothful inert indolent easy clumsy awkward thick tardily take one’s time soft slow-witted slow-moving slacken retarded not fast lagging laggard gently dense dawdle calm

Topics slow topics

What do people use slow to talk about?
States Time Speed

Slow
Language and thought Think Mind

Stupid
Physical actions Move Manner of movement Move quickly

Move slowly
Grammar General words Do

Change something
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Calm, rough
Person Healthy Sick

Recover from sickness
Person Life

Die
Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Speak poorly
States Quantity More

Decrease

Conjugation slow conjugation

How do you conjugate slow?

slow · verb

Examples slow examples

How do I use slow in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I've been toying with the idea of selling everything and taking a long, slow trip around the world.
Although there are wide variations in unemployment levels in different industries and in different parts of the country, every region is now being affected by the slow-down in the economy.
Internet is very slow.
We have to slow down.
Tom scolded a shop assistant for her slow service.
I like the slow tempo of this song.
You're driving way too slow.
He who is slow to promise is best in keeping them.
Your watch is ten minutes slow.
Though the doctor did his best, the patient's recovery was slow.
Slow down or you're going to work yourself sick.
It was like watching a slow motion movie.
It was a very slow train. It stopped at every little station.
He is a little slow, but otherwise he is a good student.
The ship made slow progress against the strong wind.
I want to see the scene in slow motion.
Real change for most black people, however, was very slow in coming.
This watch is ten minutes slow.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Slow speech is characteristic of that man.
The scene was shown in slow motion.
The game was slow, and it was also boring.
This is a slow but certain way.
I like the slow rhythm of that song.
Slow economic recovery has sent auto sales plummeting.
To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.
That was because my watch was five minutes slow.

Movie subtitles

I'm taking it slow, but at the same time, it's really hard 'cause I really want to, you know, see where this is gonna go.
We slow-playing?
Topped with, uh, grilled octopus and slow-roasted cherry tomatoes, perfectly finished with micro bronzed fennel.
When a client is to be buried au naturale - that's without preservation - it is imperative that the casket is airtight to slow down the decomposition process.
Declan had been struggling for weeks and ever since returning from Thailand, we'd said that he needed to slow down, you know, because we had Jared Morehu on board, but.
Wait, slow down, I have no idea what you're talking about.
I'm just gonna need you to go slow with me.
Slow day?
Gee, we're moving slow.
It was five minutes slow, but I regulated it for you.
Shallowing fast. Mr. Briggs, dead slow.
Dead slow, sir.
Slow us down to a walk and make us carry double provisions.
I told you to slow that nag down.
This isn't even gonna slow them down.
Mr. Briggs, dead slow.
Here, next to Mrs. Aperon. She fought in the war, you know. Take it slow.
He spares us the mercifully quick extinction of the hangman's rope. and gives the slow death of slavery.
You read it sir. Read it slow.
And you are too slow.
It's going awfully slow.
You're awful slow with that proof.
Slow work.
Hey! Slow down, slow down.
I don't know how she feels about me, and so I'm just kind of-- I'm taking it slow, but at the same time, it's really hard 'cause I really want to, you know, see where this is gonna go.
How about Brazil? Their characteristics are really slow, they tried to make it compulsory for conscripts, but there were many who still thought of methods not to go.
Lambert, sound your horn for Corrado to slow down.
Slow.
Slow down. You'll hit it.
Shouia. Slow is better.
Now, trail him slow.
I'm gonna tell the electrician to give it to you slow and easy, wise guy.
Why are you so slow? Hurry up!

News and current affairs

A well-designed fund would slow or stop deforestation, preserve biodiversity, and reduce emissions of carbon dioxide the burning of cleared forests.
Finally, the world should negotiate a new framework no later than 2010 to slow human-induced climate change.
The European Central Bank, fixated on inflation, will be slow to lower interest rates, and the European Stability Pact will make it impossible for fiscal policy to offset these weaknesses.
Given the magnitude of the threat to the world's coral reefs, the international community's response has been frighteningly slow.
Slow growth has silenced the monetarists on the ECB's Governing Council.
The reality is the opposite: for several reasons, growth will slow further in the second half of 2012 and be even lower in 2013 - close to stall speed.
In 2013, as transfer payments are phased out, however gradually, and as some tax cuts are allowed to expire, disposable income growth and consumption growth will slow.
Better to let the Americans do it, though of course these Shi'a leaders prefer a slow strangulation of al-Sadr to a direct and bloody assault.
But factors beyond taxes and benefits also contribute to low employment rates in all the three major euro-zone economies: high minimum wages and some features of employment protection legislation slow down the flow of workers through the job market.
Although a long agenda of reforms is beginning to be tackled, first in Germany and, more recently and cautiously, in France, the results are slow in coming and public understanding of the need for change remains limited.
He was initially slow in fighting organized crime, because he did not want to alienate the bulk of Milosevic's mafia-infested establishment at once.
Such progress is slow and full of frustrations, for it reflects the incremental evolution of the system.
Both agreed that reform must be slow, cautious and that it must never undermine established institutions, especially religion and the patriarchal family.
They will have less spending power, demand will fall and growth will slow, as during the Gulf War.
After all, advanced countries account for about two-thirds of global GDP, so slow growth in these countries will inevitably impede global growth and truncate the growth potential of much of the developing world.
Immigration itself may even slow dramatically, depending on the length and depth of the economic slowdown.
And slow recovery in the US will drag down recovery in other advanced countries, reducing their employment as well.
In the meantime, the Treasury would temporarily re-prioritize and slow outgoing payments.
NEW YORK - For many, if not most, Americans, the crisis that befell them in 2008 - leading to slow growth, rising unemployment, and high anxiety among voters - appeared to spring from nowhere.
It has not, even as the European Union continues to respond inadequately to its own slow-moving solvency crises.
BERKELEY - The United States continues to recover from its deepest economic slump since the Great Depression, but the pace of recovery remains frustratingly slow.
Both seem set for a long period of slow credit growth, owing both to necessary stricter financial regulation and to the fact that their economies remain significantly over-leveraged.
But if the US does experience slow growth over the next decade, can it all be blamed on the financial crisis?

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