slow meaning and definition

SLOW verb

Definition of slow (verb)

1. lose velocity; move more slowly
   • "The car decelerated"
   • synonyms: decelerate, retard, slow down, slow up
   • antonym: accelerate
2. become slow or slower
   • "Production slowed"
   • synonyms: slack, slacken, slow down, slow up
3. cause to proceed more slowly
   • "The illness slowed him down"
   • synonyms: slow down, slow up

SLOW adjective

Definition of slow (adjective)

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"
   • antonym: fast
2. at a slow tempo
   • "the band played a slow waltz"
   • antonym: 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
4. (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
   • "the clock is slow"
   • antonym: 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
6. (of business) not active or brisk
   • "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
   • synonyms: dull, sluggish

SLOW adverb

Definition of slow (adverb)

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
   • antonym: apace
2. of timepieces
   • "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"
   • synonyms: behind