How to pronounce “slow”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• 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.
• Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
• (informal, somewhat derogatory) Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
• Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
• (of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
• Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
• (of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
• (transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
• (intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
• [Noun]
• Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
• (music) A slow song.
• [Adverb]
• Slowly.

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Similar Sounds

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