wikipedia|dab=slow
English

Etymology
OE. slaw|sl�w

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-slow.ogg|Audio (US)
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Adjective
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1. Taking a long time to move or go a short distance; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed; not rapid or swift; moderate; deliberate.
2. Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time; gradual.

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

1. Of reduced intellectual capacity; not prompt or quick; not quick to comprehend; dull-witted.

#: John is very slow, he is 10 seconds behind everybody else.

1. Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation; tardy; dilatory; sluggish; slothful; inactive.

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

1. behind|Behind in time; indicating a time early|earlier than the true time.

#: That clock is slow.

1. Lacking spirit; boring; dull; deficient in liveliness or briskness.

Antonyms
rapid; fast

Derived terms
slow motion, slo-mo
slow-belly
slowish
slowly
slowness
slowpoke

Translations
trans-top|not quick in motion
Arabic: ARchar|بط�ء IPAchar|(ba�í�)
Chinese: � (màn)
Czech: pomalý m
Dutch: traag, langzaam, sloom
Esperanto: malrapida
Finnish: hidas
French: lent m, lente f
German: langsam
Greek: α�γ�� (argós) m, β�αδ�� (vradís) m
Hebrew: ��� (la�át)
Hungarian: lassú
Indonesian: lambat, pelan, perlahan
Italian: lento m, lenta f
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Japanese: �� (���, osoi), ���� (yukkuri)
Korean: �린 (neurin)
Polish: wolny, powolny
Portuguese: lento
Romanian: încet
Russian: медленн�й (médlennyj)
Slovak: pomalý
Spanish: lento
Swedish: långsam
Telugu: నిదానమ� (nidaanamu)
Turkish: yava�
Welsh: araf
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trans-top|spread over a comparatively long time
Czech: pomalý m
Greek: α�γ�����ο� (argósirtos) m
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trans-top|of reduced intellectual capacity
Czech: pomalý m
Dutch: langzaam, langzame, sloom, slome
Greek: καθ���ε�ημένο� (kathisteriménos) m, α�γ����ο�ο� (argóstrofos) m
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Italian: tardo m, tarda f
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trans-top|lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation
Greek: ανέ�οιμο� (anétimos) m
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trans-top|behind in time
Greek: καθ���ε�ημένο� (kathisteriménos) m
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trans-top|lacking spirit; boring
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Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
2. transitive To keep from going quickly; to delay; to retard; to hinder the progress of.
3. intransitive To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.

Derived terms
slower

Translations
trans-top|to reduce the speed of
Dutch: vertragen, ophouden
French: ralentir, freiner
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Greek: β�αδ�ν� (vradíno), ��αμα�� (stamató)
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trans-top|to keep from going quickly, to delay
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trans-top|to become slow
Greek: α�γ� (argó)
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Noun
slow

1. Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
2. music A slow song.

Adverb
slow

1. rare slowly|Slowly (usually in combinations).

Anagrams
lows
owls

Category:100 English basic words
Category:English ergative verbs

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• 2007-10-30 14:58 - Daniel Polansky - /* Translations */ +Czech

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