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slow
Overview of verb slow
The verb slow has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (9) decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard -- (lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated")
2. (2) slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken -- (become slow or slower; "Production slowed")
3. (1) slow, slow down, slow up -- (cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down")
Overview of adj slow
The adj slow has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (23) slow -- (not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth")
2. (3) slow -- (at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz")
3. (1) dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow -- (slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "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")
4. slow -- ((used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; "the clock is slow")
5. boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome -- (so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "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")
6. dull, slow, sluggish -- ((of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market")
Overview of adv slow
The adv slow has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) slowly, slow, easy, tardily -- (without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'); "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights")
2. behind, slow -- (of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind")
Grep of noun slow
edward winslow
go-slow
slow-wittedness
slow lane
slow loris
slow match
slow motion
slow time scale
slow virus
slowcoach
slowdown
slowing
slowness
slowpoke
slowworm
winslow
Antonyms of verb slow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb slow
3 senses of slow
Sense 1
decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 2
slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken
=> weaken
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 3
slow, slow down, slow up
=> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb slow
2 of 3 senses of slow
Sense 1
decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> slow, slow down, slow up
=> delay, detain, hold up
Sense 3
slow, slow down, slow up
=> bog down, bog
=> clog, constipate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb slow
3 senses of slow
Sense 1
decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sense 2
slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken
=> weaken
Sense 3
slow, slow down, slow up
=> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
'Cause To' of verb slow
Derived Forms of verb slow
2 of 3 senses of slow
Sense 1
decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
RELATED TO>(noun) slowing#1
=> deceleration, slowing, retardation
Sense 2
slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken
RELATED TO>(noun) slowing#1
=> deceleration, slowing, retardation
Domain of verb slow
Domain Terms of verb slow
Familiarity of verb slow
slow used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb slow
3 senses of slow
Sense 1
decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 3
slow, slow down, slow up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb slow
3 senses of slow
Sense 1
decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> break
=> shrink, shrivel
=> taper
=> drop off
=> vanish, fly, vaporize
=> break
=> ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag
=> weaken
=> boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
=> shrink, contract
=> shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
=> abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away
=> deflate
=> dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down
=> remit
=> de-escalate
=> depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
=> shorten
=> thin out
=> decline, go down, wane
=> wane
=> wane
=> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> decrescendo
Sense 2
slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken
> weaken
=> attenuate
=> melt, disappear
=> die down
=> collapse
=> fade, melt
=> subside, lessen
=> blur, dim, slur
=> pine away, waste, languish
=> dull
=> pall
=> loosen, relax, loose
=> slacken
=> slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken
=> wilt
Sense 3
slow, slow down, slow up
> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> slow, slow down, slow up
=> delay, detain, hold up
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb slow
Sense 1
decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
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Sense 2
slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken
=> weaken
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Sense 3
slow, slow down, slow up
=> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
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Grep of verb slow
slow
slow down
slow up
Antonyms of adj slow
6 senses of slow
Sense 1
slow (vs. fast)
fast (vs. slow)
=> accelerated
=> accelerating
=> alacritous
=> blistering, hot, red-hot
=> double-quick
=> express
=> fast-breaking
=> fast-paced
=> fleet, swift
=> high-speed, high-velocity
=> hurrying, scurrying
=> immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway
=> instantaneous, instant(prenominal)
=> meteoric
=> quick, speedy
=> rapid
=> rapid, speedy
=> smart
=> speeding
=> winged
=> windy
Sense 2
slow (vs. fast)
fast (vs. slow)
=> allegro
=> allegretto
=> andantino
=> presto
=> prestissimo
=> vivace
Sense 3
dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
INDIRECT (VIA stupid) -> smart
Sense 4
slow (vs. fast)
fast (vs. slow)
Sense 5
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
INDIRECT (VIA uninteresting) -> interesting
Sense 6
dull, slow, sluggish
INDIRECT (VIA inactive) -> active
Similarity of adj slow
6 senses of slow
Sense 1
slow (vs. fast)
=> bumper-to-bumper
=> dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey
=> dragging
=> drawn-out
=> lazy
=> long-play, long-playing
=> slow-moving
=> sluggish, sulky
Also See> delayed#1; gradual#1; unhurried#1
Sense 2
slow (vs. fast)
=> adagio
=> andante
=> lento
=> lentissimo
=> largo
=> larghetto
=> larghissimo
=> moderato
Sense 3
dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
=> stupid (vs. smart)
Sense 4
slow (vs. fast)
Sense 5
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
=> uninteresting (vs. interesting)
Sense 6
dull, slow, sluggish
=> inactive (vs. active)
Pertainyms of adj slow
Attributes of adj slow
1 of 6 senses of slow
Sense 1
slow (vs. fast)
=> speed, swiftness, fastness
Domain of adj slow
2 of 6 senses of slow
Sense 2
slow (vs. fast)
TOPIC>(noun) music#1
Sense 6
dull, slow, sluggish
TOPIC>(noun) commercial enterprise#2, business enterprise#1, business#2
Domain Terms of adj slow
Familiarity of adj slow
slow used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =6)
Grep of adj slow
slow
slow-moving
slow-witted
slowgoing
Antonyms of adv slow
Synonyms of adv slow
2 senses of slow
Sense 1
slowly, slow, easy, tardily
Sense 2
behind, slow
Pertainyms of adv slow
Domain of adv slow
1 of 2 senses of slow
Sense 1
slowly, slow, easy, tardily
USAGE>(noun) colloquialism#1
Domain Terms of adv slow
Familiarity of adv slow
slow used as an adverb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adv slow
slow
slower
slowest
slowly
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