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SLOW, a.

1. Moving a small distance in a long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; as a slow stream; a slow motion.

2. Late; not happening in short time. These changes in the heavens though slow, produc'd like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.

3. Not ready; not prompt or quick; as slow of speech, and slow of tongue. Ex. 4.

4. Dull; in active; tardy. The Trojans are not slow to guard their shore from an expected foe.

5. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation. The Lord is merciful, slow to anger. He that is slow the wrath is of great understanding. Prov. 14.

6. Dull; heavy in wit.

7. Behind in time; indicating a time later than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.

8.Not advancing, growing or improving rapidly; as the slow growth of arts and sciences.


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SLOW, a.

1. Moving a small distance in a long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; as a slow stream; a slow motion.

2. Late; not happening in short time. These changes in the heavens though slow, produc'd like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.

3. Not ready; not prompt or quick; as slow of speech, and slow of tongue. Ex. 4.

4. Dull; in active; tardy. The Trojans are not slow to guard their shore from an expected foe.

5. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation. The Lord is merciful, slow to anger. He that is slow the wrath is of great understanding. Prov. 14.

6. Dull; heavy in wit.

7. Behind in time; indicating a time later than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.

8.Not advancing, growing or improving rapidly; as the slow growth of arts and sciences.

SLOW, a.1 [Sax. slaw, for slag; Dan. slöv, dull, blunt; contracted from the root of slack, sluggard, lag.]

  1. Moving a small distance in a long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; as, a slow stream; a slow motion.
  2. Late; not happening in a short time. These changes in the heavens though slow, produc'd / Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast. – Milton.
  3. Not ready; not prompt or quick; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue. – Exod. iv.
  4. Dull; inactive; tardy. The Trojans are not slow / To guard their shore from an expected foe. – Dryden.
  5. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation. The Lord is merciful, slow to anger. – Com. Prayer. He that is slow to wrath, is of great understanding. – Prov. xiv.
  6. Dull; heavy in wit. – Pope.
  7. Behind in time; indicating a time later than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.
  8. Not advancing, growing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.

SLOW, a.2 [is used in composition to modify other words; as, a slow-paced horse.]


SLOW, n. [Sax. sliw.]

A moth. [Not in use.] – Chaucer.


SLOW, v. [as a verb, to delay, is not in use.]

– Shak.


Slow
  1. Slew.

    Chaucer.
  2. Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion.
  3. Slowly.

    Let him have time to mark how slow time goes
    In time of sorrow.     Shak.

  4. To render slow] to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer.

    Shak.
  5. To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.
  6. A moth.

    [Obs.] Rom. of R.
  7. Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.

    These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced
    Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.     Milton.

  8. Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue.

    Fixed on defense, the Trojans are not slow
    To guard their shore from an expected foe.     Dryden.

  9. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.

    He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding. Prov. xiv. 29.

  10. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.
  11. Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.
  12. Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull.

    [Colloq.] Dickens. Thackeray.

    * Slow is often used in the formation of compounds for the most part self-explaining; as, slow-gaited, slow- paced, slow-sighted, slow-winged, and the like.

    Slow coach, a slow person. See def.7, above. [Colloq.] -- Slow lemur, or Slow loris (Zoöl.), an East Indian nocturnal lemurine animal (Nycticebus tardigradus) about the size of a small cat; -- so called from its slow and deliberate movements. It has very large round eyes and is without a tail. Called also bashful Billy. -- Slow match. See under Match.

    Syn. -- Dilatory; late; lingering; tardy; sluggish; dull; inactive. -- Slow, Tardy, Dilatory. Slow is the wider term, denoting either a want of rapid motion or inertness of intellect. Dilatory signifies a proneness to defer, a habit of delaying the performance of what we know must be done. Tardy denotes the habit of being behind hand; as, tardy in making up one's acounts.

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Slow

SLOW, adjective

1. Moving a small distance in a long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; as a slow stream; a slow motion.

2. Late; not happening in short time. These changes in the heavens though slow produc'd like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.

3. Not ready; not prompt or quick; as slow of speech, and slow of tongue. Exodus 4:10.

4. Dull; in active; tardy. The Trojans are not slow to guard their shore from an expected foe.

5. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation. The Lord is merciful, slow to anger. He that is slow the wrath is of great understanding. Proverbs 14:29.

6. Dull; heavy in wit.

7. Behind in time; indicating a time later than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow

8.Not advancing, growing or improving rapidly; as the slow growth of arts and sciences.

SLOW, is used in composition to modify other words; as a slow-paced horse.

SLOW, as a verb, to delay, is not in use.

SLOW, noun A moth. [Not in use.]

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