Definition of Slow

Verb

  • cause to proceed more slowly
    "The illness slowed him down"
    - slow down - slow up
  • become slow or slower
    "Production slowed"
    - slow down - slow up
  • lose velocity
    move more slowly
    "The car decelerated"
    - slow down - slow up

Adjective

  • (of business) not active or brisk
    "business is dull (or slow)"
    "a sluggish market"
  • 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"
    - ho hum
  • (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
    "the clock is slow"
  • 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"
  • at a slow tempo
    "the band played a slow waltz"
  • 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"

Adverb

  • of timepieces
    "the clock is almost an hour slow"
    "my watch is running behind"
  • 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"
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Unscramble slow

15 unscramble word found using the letters slow.

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