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Slow 1Definition: imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
Slow 2Definition: 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. Slow 3Definition: Not happening in a short time; gradual; late. Slow 4Definition: Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue. Slow 5Definition: Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive. Slow 6Definition: Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow. Slow 7Definition: Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences. Slow 8Definition: Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull. Slow 9Definition: Slowly. Slow 10Definition: To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer. Slow 11Definition: To go slower; often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge. Slow 12Definition: A moth. slow 13Definition: lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" slow 14Definition: become slow or slower; "Production slowed" slow 15Definition: cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down" slow 16Definition: (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" slow 17Definition: 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 mak slow 18Definition: 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" slow 19Definition: at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz" slow 20Definition: (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; "the clock is slow" slow 21Definition: 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"; slow 22Definition: 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" slow 23Definition: of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"
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