slow

Значение (English)

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

Noun

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

Adv

Slowly.

Synonyms

sluggish

dull

tardy

slowly

leisurely

stupid

lazy

slow down

inactive

late

unhurried

delay

obtuse

slow up

slack

dumb

quiet

decelerate

dim

dilatory

lethargic

deliberate

gradual

tedious

retard

lingering

careful

gentle

weak

slothful

inert

easy

awkward

clumsy

indolent

soft

boring

retarded

not fast

dawdle

slow-witted

slacken

behind

gently

calm

be slow

slow-moving

take one’s time

laggard

thick

tardily

dense

lagging

move sluggishly

inefficient

irksome

sticky

languid

dull-witted

dazed

tiresome

lenient

easygoing

deadening

listless

foolish

weak-headed

wearisome

ho-hum

mild

detain

difficult

poky

procrastinate

heavy

backward

cold

🥶

hinder

idle

rotten

crippled

impede

not quick

stall

steady

stiff

still

sustained

take it easy

tarry

tarrying

thickheaded

tired

😫

potter about

torpid

troublesome

unable

uncouth

undertone

unfold

unpointed

unproductive

unsharpened

unskilled

unskillful

unwieldy

viscous

weakness

dull person

kill time

lazy fellow

lazy people

lazy person

move slowly

slacken speed

take a long time

stop

🛑

be sluggish

waste time

walking slowly

low tone

be in a slump

dull-brained

jogging

be dilatory

be negligent

be languid

be lethargic

be lackadaisical

be leisurely

be tardy

not smooth

developmentally disabled

of a slow pace

render slow

slow-sailing

snail-like

be dawdling

reduce speed

dull people

time-lapse

adaptable

adhesive

aimless

behindhand

block

blunt

carefully

check

cohesive

constipate

dally

dawdling

debauched

deduce

delayed

diminished

dim-witted

disappointed

😞

down

drag

drawling

drawn-out

dullness

ease

fall behind

feeble

forget

forgetful

fresh

give up

gluey

glutinous

go wrong

gradually

gummy

hamper

hard

hesitate

hesitating

hold

idling

interrupt

irritating

lag

largo

lax

leaden

leisured

lento

lifeless

linger

logy

loiterer

loitering

long

loose

low

maladroit

measured

motionless

naive

old

🧓

otiose

peaceful

phlegmatic

plastic

procrastinating

prolong

prolonged

protract

protracted

purblind

quietly

sedate

shuffle

skittish

slowed

sluggard

sluggishly

smooth

softly

soothe

Произносится как (IPA)

/sləʊ/

Этимология (English)

Inherited from среднеанглийский: slow

Inherited from староанглийский: slāw

Cognate with шотландский: slaw

Cognate with западнофризский: sleau

Cognate with нидерландский: sleeuw

Cognate with нижненемецкий: slee

Cognate with немецкий: schlehe

Cognate with датский: sløv

Cognate with шведский: slö

Cognate with исландский: sljór

In summary

From Middle English slow, slaw, from Old English slāw (“sluggish, inert, slothful, late, tardy, torpid, slow”), 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”).

Предложения

This version of Polar Boy can only slow molecular movement .

Эта версия Polar Boy может только замедлить молекулярное движение.

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

Потребители и торговцы не спешили принимать его, и был минимальный маркетинг.