verb. lose velocity; move more slowly The car decelerated |
verb. become slow or slower Production slowed |
verb. cause to proceed more slowly The illness slowed him down |
adj. 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 |
adj. at a slow tempo the band played a slow waltz |
adj. (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time the clock is slow |
adv. 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 |
adv. of timepieces the clock is almost an hour slow|my watch is running behind |
adj. 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|dumb officials make some really dumb decisions|he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse|worked with the slow students |
adj. 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|tedious days on the train|the tiresome chirping of a cricket|other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome |
adj. (of business) not active or brisk business is dull (or slow)|a sluggish market |
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