Meaning & Definition of Slow in English

1. Lose velocity

• Move more slowly

• "The car decelerated"

2. Become slow or slower

• "Production slowed"

3. Cause to proceed more slowly

• "The illness slowed him down"

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"

2. At a slow tempo

• "The band played a slow waltz"

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"

4. (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time

• "The clock is slow"

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"

6. (of business) not active or brisk

• "Business is dull (or slow)"

• "A sluggish market"

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"

2. Of timepieces

• "The clock is almost an hour slow"

• "My watch is running behind"