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slow [a]
 
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"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: bumper-to-bumper  dilatory  delayed  dragging  drawn-out  gradual  lazy  long-play  slow-moving  sluggish  unhurried  fastness  fast 
 
2)at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: adagio  andante  lento  lentissimo  largo  larghetto  larghissimo  moderato  music  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"
    Synonyms :dense dim dull dumb obtuse 
    See Also: stupid 
 
4)(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; "the clock is slow"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: 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"
    Synonyms :boring deadening dull ho-hum irksome tedious tiresome wearisome 
    See Also: uninteresting 
 
6)(of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
    Synonyms :dull sluggish 
    See Also: inactive  business 
 
slow [r]
 
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"
    Synonyms :easy slowly tardily 
    See Also: colloquialism  apace 
 
2)of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"
    Synonyms :behind 
    See Also:
 
slow [v]
 
1)lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
    Synonyms :decelerate retard slow_down slow_up 
    See Also: decrease  deceleration  lag  accelerate  delay 
 
2)become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
    Synonyms :slack slacken slow_down slow_up 
    See Also: weaken  drop-off  lag  deceleration 
 
3)cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"
    Synonyms :slow_down slow_up 
    See Also: decelerate  lag  bog  clog 
 




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