Verb | 1. | slow - lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" |
2. | slow - become slow or slower; "Production slowed" | |
3. | slow - cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down" | |
Adj. | 1. | slow - 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" Antonyms: fast - acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car" |
2. | slow - at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz" Antonyms: fast - at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot" | |
3. | 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" | |
4. | slow - (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; "the clock is slow" Antonyms: fast - (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast" | |
5. | slow - 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" | |
6. | slow - (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" | |
Adv. | 1. | slow - 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" |
2. | slow - of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind" Synonyms: behind |