slow
verb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
lose velocity; move more slowly
The car decelerated
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Sense 2 adjective
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
a slow walker
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Sense 3 adverb
without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
he spoke slowly
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Sense 4 verb
become slow or slower
Production slowed
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Sense 5 adjective
at a slow tempo
the band played a slow waltz
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Sense 6 adverb
of timepieces
the clock is almost an hour slow
Sense 7 verb
cause to proceed more slowly
The illness slowed him down
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Sense 8 adjective
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
so dense he never understands anything I say to him
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Sense 9 adjective
(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
the clock is slow
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Sense 10 adjective
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
a boring evening with uninteresting people
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Sense 11 adjective
(of business) not active or brisk
business is dull (or slow)
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | quicken |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slowdown |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceleration |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slow up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | delay |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | gradual |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | unhurried |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | fast |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | fastness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deliberateness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | bumper-to-bumper |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | poky |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | drawn-out |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | lazy |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | long-play |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | slow-moving |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | sluggish |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | quickly |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | slow |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | slowdown |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceleration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | drop-off |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | fast |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deliberateness |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | adagio |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | andante |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | lento |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | lentissimo |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | largo |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | larghetto |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | larghissimo |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | moderato |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | slowdown |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | slow down |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | bog |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | constipate |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | denseness |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | dullness |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | mental retardation |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | awkwardness |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | stupid |
| 9 | antonym | Related & opposite | fast |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | dullness |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | insipidity |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | tediousness |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | tedium |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | uninteresting |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | sluggishness |
| 11 | domain topic | Related & opposite | business enterprise |
| 11 | similar to | Related & opposite | inactive |