Definition of "slow"

slow

/sləʊ/

adjective
comparative slower, superlative slowest
1. 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.
  Quotations
  Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.
  2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845
2. Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
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  These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced / Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.
  1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
  Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
  2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200
3. Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
  Quotations
  Hey, don't yell at Homer, just because he's a little slow.
  1994, Greg Daniels, “Secrets of a Successful Marriage”, in The Simpsons, season 5, episode 22, spoken by Carl (Hank Azaria)
  Experienced classroom teachers are well acquainted with the attention-seeker, the shy girl, the aggressive boy, the poor concentrator, the slow student […]
  1960, Dissertation Abstracts, volume 20, page 4007
4. Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
  Quotations
  And even after the emotional cast comes off, we need to be slow about getting deeply involved in a relationship again
  1999, Brian Paul Kaufman, K. Winston Caine, Prayer, Faith, and Healing: Cure Your Body, Heal Your Mind and Restore Your Soul
  He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Proverbs xiv:29
5. (of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
6. Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
7. (of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
verb
third-person singular simple present slows, present participle slowing, simple past and past participle slowed
1. (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
  Quotations
  As he passed though the station, he slowed to yell to the signalman, Frank 'Sailor' Bridges: "Sailor - have you anything between here and Fordham? Where's the mail?" Gimbert knew the mail train was due, and he didn't want to endanger another train with his burning bomb wagon.
  2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42
2. (transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
3. (intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
  Quotations
  After about a minute, the creek bed vomited the debris into a gently sloped meadow. Saugstad felt the snow slow and tried to keep her hands in front of her.
  2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time‎
noun
plural slows
1. Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
2. (music) A slow song.
adverb
comparative slower, superlative slowest
1. Slowly.
  Quotations
  Let him have time to mark how slow time goes / In time of sorrow.
  1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […]

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