Slow /(slō)/

Slow

imp.
  1. Slew. obs.

Slow

a.
  1. 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.
  2. Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.
    These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.
  3. 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.
  4. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.
    He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.
    — Prov. xiv. 29.
  5. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.
  6. Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.
  7. Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull. [Colloq.]

Phrases & Compounds
Slow coach
a slow person. See def.7, above.
Slow lemur
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.

Slow

adv.
  1. Slowly.
    Let him have time to mark how slow time goes In time of sorrow.

Slow

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Slowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Slowing

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

Slow

v. i.
  1. To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.

Slow

n.
  1. A moth. [Obs.]