التي في فئةENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY
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English - Etymology
From Middle English _slow_, _slaw_, from Old English _slāw_ (“sluggish, inert, slothful, late, tardy, torpid, slow”), from Proto-Germanic _*slaiwaz_ (“blunt, dull, faint, weak, slack”), from Proto-Indo-European _*(s)lew-_ (“limp”). Cognate with Scots _slaw_ (“slow”), Dutch _sleeuw_ (“blunt, dull”), Low German _slee_ (“dull, sluggish”), German _schlehe_, _schleh_ (“dull, exhausted, faint”), Danish _sløv_ (“dull, torpid, drowsy”), Swedish _slö_ (“slack, lazy”), Icelandic _sljór_ (“dim-witted, slow”).
From Middle English slow, slaw, from Old English slāw (“sluggish, inert, slothful, late, tardy, torpid, slow”), from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“blunt, dull, faint, weak, slack”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“limp”). Cognate with Scots slaw (“slow”), Dutch sleeuw (“blunt, dull”), Low German slee (“dull, sluggish”), German schlehe, schleh (“dull, exhausted, faint”), Danish sløv (“dull, torpid, drowsy”), Swedish slö (“slack, lazy”), Icelandic sljór (“dim-witted, slow”).
التي في فئةENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
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English - Pronunciation
* (UK) IPA(key): /sləʊ/
* (US) IPA(key): /sloʊ/
* Rhymes: -əʊ
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(UK) IPA(key): /sləʊ/
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(US) IPA(key): /sloʊ/
- Rhymes: -əʊ
التي في فئةENGLISH - ADJECTIVE
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English - Adjective
SLOW (_comparative_ SLOWER, _superlative_ SLOWEST)
* 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.
_a SLOW train; a SLOW computer_
* Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
* John Milton
These changes in the heavens, though SLOW, produced / Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.
* Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
_John is very SLOW; he is ten seconds behind everybody else when it comes to math._
* Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation.
* The Bible, Prov. xiv. 29
He that is SLOW to wrath is of great understanding.
* (of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
_That clock is SLOW._
* Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
* (of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
_It was a SLOW news day, so the editor asked us to make our articles wordier._
_I'm just sitting here with a desk of cards, enjoying a SLOW afternoon._
SYNONYMS
* See also Wikisaurus:slow
* (taking a long time to move a short distance): deliberate; moderate
* (not happening in a short time): gradual
* (of reduced intellectual capacity): dull-witted
* (acting with deliberation): dilatory, inactive, tardy, slothful, sluggish
* (lacking spirit): boring, dull
ANTONYMS
* (taking a long time to move a short distance): fast, quick, rapid, swift
* (of reduced intellectual capacity): prompt, quick
* (acting with deliberation): hasty, precipitate, prompt
* (lacking spirit): brisk, lively
DERIVED TERMS
TRANSLATIONS
slow (comparative slower, superlative slowest)
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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.
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a slow train; a slow computer
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Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
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Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
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John is very slow; he is ten seconds behind everybody else when it comes to math.
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Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation.
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(of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
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That clock is slow.
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Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
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(of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
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It was a slow news day, so the editor asked us to make our articles wordier.
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I'm just sitting here with a desk of cards, enjoying a slow afternoon.
التي في فئةENGLISH - VERB
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SLOW (_third-person singular simple present_ SLOWS, _present participle_ SLOWING, _simple past and past participle_ SLOWED)
* (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.
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After about a minute, the creek bed vomited the debris into a gently sloped meadow. Saugstad felt the snow SLOW and tried to keep her hands in front of her.
SYNONYMS
* (keep from going quickly): delay, hinder, retard
* (become slow): decelerate, slacken
DERIVED TERMS
* slower
* slow up
* slow down
TRANSLATIONS
slow (third-person singular simple present slows, present participle
slowing, simple past and past participle slowed)
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(transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
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(transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
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(intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
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* lows, owls, sowl
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* “slow” in _le Trésor de la langue française informatisé_ (_The Digitized Treasury of the French Language_).
التي في فئةLOWER SORBIAN - PRONUNCIATION
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Lower Sorbian - Pronunciation
* IPA(key): [slow]
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