slow

  • 11slow — slow, slowly In current English the normal adverb for general purposes is slowly (We drove slowly down the road / She slowly closed the door). Literary uses of slow as an adverb died out in the 19c • (As the stately vessel glided slow beneath the …

    Modern English usage

  • 12slow — SLOW, slow uri, s.n. Numele unui dans modern, cu mişcări lente; melodie după care se execută acest dans. [pr.: slou] – cuv. engl. Trimis de IoanSoleriu, 25.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  SLOW s.n. Dans modern, cu mişcare lentă; melodia acestui dans.… …

    Dicționar Român

  • 13slow — [adj1] unhurried, lazy apathetic, crawling, creeping, dawdling, delaying, deliberate, dilatory, disinclined, dreamy, drowsy, easy, gradual, heavy, idle, imperceptible, inactive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, leaden, leisurely …

    New thesaurus

  • 14Slow — Slow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slowing}.] To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 15slow — s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} musica leggera, ballabile, caratterizzata da un tempo lento | canzone o ballo dal ritmo lento Sinonimi: lento, slow fox. {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1909. ETIMO: tratto dalla loc. slow fox trot, comp. di slow lento e …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 16slow — ► ADJECTIVE 1) moving or capable of moving only at a low speed. 2) lasting or taking a long time. 3) (of a clock or watch) showing a time earlier than the correct time. 4) not prompt to understand, think, or learn. 5) uneventful; showing little… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 17slow up — {v.} 1. To go more slowly. * /The truck slowed up as it approached the toll gate./ * /Construction on the road slows up traffic./ 2. To become less busy. * /Business slows up at the stores after Christmas./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 18slow up — {v.} 1. To go more slowly. * /The truck slowed up as it approached the toll gate./ * /Construction on the road slows up traffic./ 2. To become less busy. * /Business slows up at the stores after Christmas./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 19Slow — Slow, adv. Slowly. [1913 Webster] Let him have time to mark how slow time goes In time of sorrow. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 20Slow — Slow, v. i. To go slower; often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English