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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Slow \Slow\, v. i.
     To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up
     before crossing the bridge.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Slow \Slow\, n.
     A moth. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Slow \Slow\ (sl[=o]), obs. imp. of Slee, to slay.
     Slew. --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Slow \Slow\ (sl[=o]), a. [Compar. Slower (sl[=o]"[~e]r);
     superl. Slowest.] [OE. slow, slaw, AS. sl[=a]w; akin to OS.
     sl[=e]u blunt, dull, D. sleeuw, slee, sour, OHG. sl[=e]o
     blunt, dull, Icel. sl[=o]r, sl[ae]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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced
              Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.
                                                    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as,
        slow of speech, and slow of tongue.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Fixed on defense, the Trojans are not slow
              To guard their shore from an expected foe. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation;
        tardy; inactive.
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              He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.
                                                    --Prov. xiv.
                                                    29.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true
        time; as, the clock or watch is slow.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of
        arts and sciences.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome;
        dull. [Colloq.] --Dickens. Thackeray.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Slow \Slow\, adv.
     Slowly.
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           Let him have time to mark how slow time goes
           In time of sorrow.                       --Shak.
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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) 2.0 : [ 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: 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 (`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" [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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  slow
     Αγγλικά a.
     αργός, βραδύς
     Αγγλικά vb.
     επιβραδύνω, βραδύνω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  slow
     French n.
     slow waltz
     Lower Sorbian n.
     (inflection of dsb slě  gen)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  slow.
     German a.
     1 (abbreviation of de slowenisch  Slovene)
     2 (abbreviation of de slowakisch  Slovakian)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  slow
     a.
     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.
     adv.
     slowly.
     n.
     1 Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
     2 (lb en music) A slow song.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less
  quickly; to reduce the speed of.
     2 (lb en transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the
  progress of.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to
  decelerate.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  slow
     French n.
     slow waltz
     Lower Sorbian n.
     (inflection of dsb slě  gen)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  slow.
     German a.
     1 (abbreviation of de slowenisch  Slovene)
     2 (abbreviation of de slowakisch  Slovakian)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  slow
     French n.
     slow waltz
     Lower Sorbian n.
     (inflection of dsb slě  gen)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  slow.
     German a.
     1 (abbreviation of de slowenisch  Slovene)
     2 (abbreviation of de slowakisch  Slovakian)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  slow
     Englanti a.
     hidas

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  slow
     Engelska a.
     1 långsam, som rör sig med låg fart
     2 (tagg: text=om människor) seg, trög
     3 (tagg: text=om klockor eller tid) gå efter, sacka
     Engelska vb.
     1 bromsa in, sacka av; få att förflytta sig (röra sig) långsammare
  (?: slow down?)
     2 sacka av, röra sig långsammare

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Slow /slˈəʊ/
  بطيئ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  slow //sloʊ// //sləʊ// 
  1. наза́д
  behind in time
  2. му́ден
  lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation
  3. безинтере́сен, ску́чен
  lacking spirit; boring
  4. вял
  not busy
  5. ба́вен, бавен
  not quick in motion
  6. провле́чен
  spread over a comparatively long time

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  slow //sloʊ// //sləʊ// 
  1. забавям се
  to become slow
  2. забавям
  to reduce the speed of