Slow

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

II. Slow ·noun A Moth.

III. Slow ·adv Slowly.

IV. Slow ·superl Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.

V. Slow ·superl Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull.

VI. Slow ·superl Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.

VII. Slow ·superl Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.

VIII. Slow ·vi To go slower;

— often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.

IX. Slow ·superl Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue.

X. Slow ·superl Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.

XI. Slow ·vt To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to Retard; to Delay; as, to slow a steamer.

XII. Slow ·superl 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.

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