Main entry: retard, slow, slow down, slow up, decelerate
Definition: lose velocity; move more slowly
Usage: The car decelerated
Main entry: slack, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up
Definition: become slow or slower
Usage: Production slowed
Main entry: slow, slow down, slow up
Definition: cause to proceed more slowly
Usage: The illness slowed him down
Main entry: dull, slow, sluggish
Definition: (of business) not active or brisk
Usage: business is dull (or slow); a sluggish market
Main entry: dim, dense, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
Definition: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
Usage: so dense he never understands anything I say to him; never met anyone quite so dim; although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick- Thackeray; dumb officials make some really dumb decisions; he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse; worked with the slow students
Main entry: slow
Definition: not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
Usage: a slow walker; the slow lane of traffic; her steps were slow; he was slow in reacting to the news; slow but steady growth
Main entry: slow
Definition: at a slow tempo
Usage: the band played a slow waltz
Main entry: slow
Definition: (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
Usage: the clock is slow
Main entry: tiresome, tedious, irksome, boring, ho-hum, slow, dull, deadening, wearisome
Definition: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Usage: a boring evening with uninteresting people; the deadening effect of some routine tasks; a dull play; his competent but dull performance; a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention; what an irksome task the writing of long letters is- Edmund Burke; tedious days on the train; the tiresome chirping of a cricket- Mark Twain; other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
Main entry: easy, tardily, slow, slowly
Definition: without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
Usage: he spoke slowly; go easy here--the road is slippery; glaciers move tardily; please go slow so I can see the sights
Definition: of timepieces
Usage: the clock is almost an hour slow; my watch is running behind