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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slow \Slow\, obs. imp. of {Slee}, to slay. Slew. --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slow \Slow\, a. [Compar. {Slower}; superl. {Slowest}.] [OE. slow, slaw, AS sl[=a]w; akin to OS sl?u blunt, dull, D. sleeuw slee, sour, OHG. sl?o blunt, dull, Icel. sl?r, sl?r, Dan. sl["o]v, Sw sl["o]. Cf {Sloe}, and {Sloth}.] 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive. He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding. --Prov. xiv. 29. 5. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as the clock or watch is slow. 6. Not advancing or improving rapidly; as the slow growth of arts and sciences. 7. Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull. [Colloq.] --Dickens. Thackeray. Note: Slow is often used in the formation of compounds for the most part self-explaining; as slow-gaited, slow-paced, slow-sighted, slow-winged, and the like {Slow coach}, a slow person. See def.7, above. [Colloq.] {Slow lemur}, or {Slow loris} (Zo["o]l.), 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}. Syn: Dilatory; late; lingering; tardy; sluggish; dull; inactive. Usage: {Slow}, {Tardy}, {Dilatory}. Slow is the wider term, denoting either a want of rapid motion or inertness of intellect. Dilatory signifies a proneness to defer, a habit of delaying the performance of what we know must be done Tardy denotes the habit of being behind hand; as tardy in making up one's acounts From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slow \Slow\, adv Slowly. Let him have time to mark how slow time goes In time of sorrow. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slow \Slow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slowed}; p. pr & vb n. {Slowing}.] To render slow; to slacken the speed of to retard; to delay; as to slow a steamer. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slow \Slow\, v. i. To go slower; -- often with up as the train slowed up before crossing the bridge. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slow \Slow\, n. A moth. [Obs.] --Rom. of R. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: slow adj 1: 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" [ant: {fast}] 2: (music) at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz" [ant: {fast}] 3: 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" [syn: {dense}, {dim}, {dull}, {dumb}, {obtuse}] 4: (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; "the clock is slow" [ant: {fast}] 5: 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" [syn: {boring}, {deadening}, {dull}, {ho-hum}, {irksome}, {tedious}, {tiresome}, {wearisome}] 6: (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" [syn: {dull}, {sluggish}] adv 1: without speed; "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly' as in "please go slow; I want to see the sights") [syn: {slowly}, {easy}, {tardily}] [ant: {quickly}] 2: of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind" [syn: {behind}] v 1: lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" [syn: {decelerate}, {slow down}, {slow up}, {retard}] [ant: {accelerate}] 2: become slow or slower; "Production slowed" [syn: {slow down}, {slow up}, {slack}, {slacken}] 3: cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down" [syn: {slow down}, {slow up}]
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