Definition of slow

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Slow (v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer..

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Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness..
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..
Tedious :: Tedious (a.) Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome..
Slough :: Slough (v. i.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly..
Slow :: Slow (superl.) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow..
Weeping :: Weeping (a.) Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water..
Touch-paper :: Touch-paper (n.) Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like..
Auget :: Auget (n.) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied..
Deliberate :: Deliberate (a.) Not hasty or sudden; slow.
Gaited :: Gaited (a.) Having (such) a gait; -- used in composition; as, slow-gaited; heavy-gaited..
Plod :: Plod (v. t.) To walk on slowly or heavily.
Toll :: Toll (v. t.) To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell..
Slowhound :: Slowhound (n.) A sleuthhound.
Slows :: Slows (n.) Milk sickness.
Chaconne :: Chaconne (n.) An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations..
Creepingly :: Creepingly (adv.) by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly.
Smoulder :: Smoulder (v. i.) To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion.
Foreslow :: Foreslow (v. t.) To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. t..
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease..
Dilatory :: Dilatory (a.) Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures.
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