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Definition: Meaning of, slow in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / sləʊ /

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slow slower slowest
  1. not quick not moving, being done, or happening quickly [↪  slowly]
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  2. taking too long taking too long
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  3. with delay [not before noun] if you are slow to do something, you do not do it as soon as you can or should
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  4. longer time taking a longer time than something similar
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  5. business if business or trade is slow, there are not many customers or not much is sold
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  6. clock [not before noun] if a clock or watch is slow, it is showing a time earlier than the correct time
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  7. not clever not good or quick at understanding things
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  8. slow on the uptake not quick to understand something new
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  9. slow off the mark not quick enough at reacting to something
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  10. do a slow burn American English informal to slowly get angry
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  11. slow handclap British English if a group of people give someone a slow handCLAP, they CLAP their hands slowly to show their disapproval
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  12. a slow oven an OVEN that is at a low temperature
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  13. photography a slow film does not react to light very easily
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slow slowed slowed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
slowing slows
  1. also slow down/up [intransitive and transitive] to become slower or to make something slower
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slow slower slowest
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  1. slowly
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slow used in phrases

  • go-slow (noun)
    1. a protest against an employer in which the workers work as slowly as possible [↪  work-to-rule, strike ; =  slowdown AmE]
  • slow lane (noun)
    1. the part of a large road where vehicles drive more slowly than the other vehicles on the road [↪  fast lane]
    2. in the slow lane if a company, organization etc is in the slow lane, it is less successful than others
  • slow loris (noun)
    1. stocky lemur of southeastern Asia
  • slow match (noun)
    1. match or fuse made to burn slowly and evenly
  • slow motion (noun)
    1. movement on film or television shown at a slower speed than it really happened
  • slow time scale (noun)
    1. simulation the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one
  • slow up (verb)
    1. become slow or slower
    2. cause to proceed more slowly
  • slow virus (noun)
    1. a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear
  • slow-mo (noun)
    1. a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate
  • slow-moving (adjective)
    1. moving slowly
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slow used in phrasal verbs

  • slow down (phrasal verb)
    1. if someone slows down, or if something slows them down, they become less active or effective
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