Slow

Pronunciation: slō

imp.

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.

These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced
Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.

- Milton.

Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue.

Fixed on defense, the Trojans are not slow
To guard their shore from an expected foe.

- Dryden.

Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.

- Prov. xiv. 29.

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.

Slow coach
a slow person. See def.7, above.

Slow lemur
(Zool.) an East Indian nocturnal lemurine animal (Nycticebus tardigradus) about the size of a small cat; - so called from its slow and deliberate movements. It has very large round eyes and is without a tail. Called also bashful Billy.

Slow match
See under Match.

adv.

Slowly.

Let him have time to mark how slow time goes
In time of sorrow.

- Shak.

v. t.

To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer.

[imp. & p. p. Slowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slowing.]

v. i.

To go slower; - often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.

A moth.

Verb	1.	slow - lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" Synonyms: decelerate, slow down, slow up, retard
	2.	slow - become slow or slower; "Production slowed" Synonyms: slacken, slow up, slow down, slack
	3.	slow - cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down" Synonyms: slow up, slow 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" Synonyms: dumb, obtuse, dense, dim, dull
	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" Synonyms: ho-hum, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, boring, deadening, dull
	6.	slow - (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" Synonyms: sluggish, dull
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" Synonyms: slowly, tardily, easy
	2.	slow - of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind" Synonyms: behind

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