slow

IPA: sɫˈoʊ

noun

  • Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
  • (music) A slow song.

verb

  • (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
  • (transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
  • (intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.

adjective

  • Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
  • Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
  • Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
  • Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
  • (of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
  • Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
  • (of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.

adverb

  • Slowly.
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Examples of "slow" in Sentences

  • He's not a slow plodder.
  • The drag slows the spacecraft.
  • It's normally mournful and slow.
  • The movement is feverish and slow.
  • The diffusion of the liquid is slow.
  • The release of the prisoners was slow.
  • Retrorockets on the side of the car slowed the vehicle.
  • The movement of the molecules are slow using transporters.
  • The fourth movement of the Serenade is a tranquil, wistful slow movement.
  • The slow movement is a dramatic dialogue between the soloist and the orchestra.

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