Definition of slow

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Slow (superl.) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow..

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Degree :: Degree (n.) One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison..
Plodding :: Plodding (a.) Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits..
Nibble :: Nibble (v. t.) To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits.
Pace :: Pace (v. t.) To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round..
Largo :: Largo (a. & adv.) Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn..
Nipper :: Nipper (n.) A European crab (Polybius Henslowii).
Lento :: Lento (a. & adv.) Slow; in slow time; slowly; -- rarely written lente.
Slow :: Slow (v. i.) To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged..
Strange :: Strange (superl.) Backward; slow.
Dilatoriness :: Dilatoriness (n.) The quality of being dilatory; lateness; slowness; tardiness; sluggishness.
Photodrome :: Photodrome (n.) An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction..
Toll :: Toll (n.) The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.
Tune :: Tune (n.) A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See Air..
Droil :: Droil (v. i.) To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod.
Forslow :: Forslow (v. t.) To delay; to hinder; to neglect; to put off.
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens..
Stew :: Stew (v. i.) To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture..
Ooze :: Ooze (n.) Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out..
Linger :: Linger (a.) To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
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