slow

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

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. (derogatory, informal) Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
4. Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
5. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
6. Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
7. Not busy; lacking activity.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
2. (transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
3. (intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.

Noun

1. Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
2. A slow song.

Adv

Slowly.

Conceptes

lent

alentir

retardar

gris

obtús

pesat

a poc a poc

curt

pallús

poc a poc

ronsejar

aturat

monòton

moderar

tediós

desaccelerar

apagat

apocat

remolejar

sornejar

demorar

avorrit

carregós

estúpid

gamarús

Sinònims

sluggish

dull

tardy

slowly

leisurely

stupid

lazy

slow down

inactive

late

unhurried

delay

slow up

obtuse

slack

dumb

quiet

decelerate

lethargic

dim

dilatory

deliberate

careful

lingering

tedious

gradual

retard

gentle

weak

easy

inert

slothful

indolent

awkward

clumsy

behind

thick

calm

boring

tardily

dawdle

laggard

soft

lagging

gently

slow-witted

be slow

dense

retarded

slacken

Traduccions

lent

lento

langsam

lento

langzaam

lento

ralentir

traag

αργός

despacio

yavaş

rallentare

devagar

träge

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/sləʊ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: slow

Heretat de anglès antic: slāw

Cognat amb escocès: slaw

Cognat amb frisó occidental: sleau

Cognat amb neerlandès: sleeuw

Cognat amb baix alemany: slee

Cognat amb alemany: schlehe

Cognat amb danès: sløv

Cognat amb suec: slö

Cognat amb islandès: sljór

In summary

From Middle English slow, slaw, from Old English slāw (“sluggish, inert, slothful, late, tardy, torpid, slow”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiw, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“blunt, dull, faint, weak, slack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sleyH-u- (“bad”).
Cognate with Scots slaw (“slow”), West Frisian sleau (“slow, dull, lazy”), Dutch sleeuw (“blunt, dull”), Low German slee (“dull, sluggish”), German schlehe, schleh (“dull, exhausted, faint”), Danish sløv (“dull, torpid, drowsy”), Swedish slö (“slack, lazy”), Icelandic sljór (“dim-witted, slow”).

Frases

Wildlife on the site includes slow worms .

This version of Polar Boy can only slow molecular movement .

Consumers and merchants were slow to accept it , and there was minimal marketing .