Meaning of slow | Babel Free

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1. 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.
2. Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
3. To become slow or slower.
4. Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
   derogatory, informal
5. So as to fall behind schedule:behind, behindhand, late.
6. Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
7. To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired.Down or up:delay, detain, hang up, hold up, lag, retard, set back, stall.
   or
8. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
9. to make, or become slower. The car slowed to take the corner. stadiger ry يُبْطِئ намалям (скорост) abrandar zpomalit verlangsamen sætte farten ned επιβραδύνω/κόβω ταχύτητα retrasar, ralentizar, retardar aeglustama كند شدن؛كند كردن hidastaa ralentir לְהַאֵט धीरे-धीरे चलना या चलाना smanjiti brzinu, usporiti lassít melambat hægja á sér rallentare スピードを落す 느려지다 pristabdyti, sumažinti greitį palēnināt; samazināt ātrumu memperlahankan vaart (doen) minderen saktne farten zmniejszać szybkość, zwalnia...
10. He slowly opened his eyes; He drove home slowly. stadig بِبُطْء бавно lentamente pomalu langsam langsomt αργάlentamente aeglaselt آهسته آهسته hitaasti lentementלאט धीरे-धीरे sporo, polako lassan perlahan-lahan hægt lentamente ゆっくり 느리게 lėtai lēni dengan perlahan langzaamsakte, langsomtpowoli ورو، په كرارۍ lentamente încet медленно pomaly počasi sporo långsamt, sakta อย่างช้า yavaşça, ağır ağır 慢慢地 повільно دھیرے دھیرے chậm 慢慢地
11. Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
12. stadigheid بُطْء мудност lentidão pomalost die Langsamkeit langsomhed βραδύτητα lentitud aeglus آهستگي hitaus lenteur אִיטִיוּת सुस्ती sporost lassúság, késés kelambatan seinlæti/-færni lentezza 遅さ 느림 lėtumas lēnums perlahannya langzaamheidlangsomhet, treghet powolność, tępota سوكه توب: پڅوالى، ورو والى lentidão lentoare, încetineală медлительность pomalosť počasnost sporost långsamhet ความช้า yavaşlık, ağırlık 緩慢 повільність آہستگی sự chậm chạp 缓慢
13. Not busy; lacking activity.
14. movement which is slower than normal or actual movement especially as a special effect in films. Let's watch it, in slow motion. stadige aksie حَرَكَه بَطيئَه забавен кадър câmera lenta zpomalený pohyb die Zeitlupe slowmotion αργή κίνηση cámara lenta aegluup تصوير آهسته hidastettu ralenti בְּהִילוּך אִיטִי मंद गति usporen, usporeno snimljen lassított (felvétel) gerak lambat sem er sÿndur hægt rallentatore スローモーション (영화 등의) 슬로 모션 sulėtintas tempas palēnināts (filmas) demonstrējums gerakan perla...
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15. to make or become slower. The police were warning drivers to slow down; The fog was slowing up the traffic. stadiger maak يُبْطِئ забавям (се) abrandar zpomalit verlangsamen sætte farten ned; sagtne επιβραδύνω, κόβω ταχύτητα ir más despacio, reducir la velocidad, aminorar el paso aeglustama آهسته سازي hidastaa ralentir לְהַאֵט मंथर गीत smanjiti brzinu, polakše hodati ili voziti lelassít memperlambat hægja á rallentare 減速する 속도를 낮추다 (su)lėtinti (greitį), (su)lėtėti samazināt ātrumu; []kavēt kus...
16. Not moving or able to move quickly; proceeding at a low speed: a slow train; slow walkers.
17. Taking or requiring a long time: the slow job of making bread.

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Examples

“a slow train; a slow computer”

“Holding out her small olive hand before her captain, she said in mild and slowest Spanish, "Senor, I buried him;" then paused, struggled as against the writhed coilings of a snake, and cringing suddenly, leaped up, repeating in impassioned pain, "I buried him, my life, my soul!"”

“Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.”

“Theſe changes in the Heav’ns, though ſlow, produc’d / Like change on Sea and Land, ſideral blaſt, / Vapour, and Miſt, and Exhalation hot, / Corrupt and Peſtilent: […]”

“Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.”

“As of the current patch, Luke’s crouching Medium Punch has been nerfed. It will now have a larger hurtbox, in addition to having a slower recovery when the attack misses.”

“Experienced classroom teachers are well acquainted with the attention-seeker, the shy girl, the aggressive boy, the poor concentrator, the slow student […]”

“Hey, don't yell at Homer, just because he's a little slow.”

“He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.”

“And even after the emotional cast comes off, we need to be slow about getting deeply involved in a relationship again”

“That clock is slow.”

“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.”

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