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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Acetal :: Acetal (n.) A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black..
Slowenly :: Slowenly (a.) Having the habits of a sloven; negligent of neatness and order, especially in dress..
Unapt :: Unapt (a.) Inapt; slow; dull.
Ooze :: Ooze (n.) Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out..
Nipper :: Nipper (n.) A European crab (Polybius Henslowii).
Work :: Work (v. t.) To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring gradually into any state by action or motion..
Strange :: Strange (superl.) Backward; slow.
Drag :: Drag (v. i.) To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly..
Sloomy :: Sloomy (a.) Sluggish; slow.
Slow :: Slow (v. i.) To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge..
Osmose :: Osmose (n.) The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact. It was first observed between fluids of differing densities, and as taking place through a membrane or an intervening porous structure. The more rapid flow from the thinner to the thicker fluid was then called endosmose, and the opposite, slower current, exosmose. Both are, however, results of the same force. Osmose may be regarded as a form of molecular attraction, allied to that of adhesion..
Crawl :: Crawl (v. i.) To advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct.
Arsenicism :: Arsenicism (n.) A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.
Remiss :: Remiss (a.) Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow..
Siciliano :: Siciliano (n.) A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a rather slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure; also, the music to the dance..
Inch :: Inch (v. i.) To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.
Ride :: Ride (v. i.) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast..
Delay :: Delay (v. i.) To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.
Touch-paper :: Touch-paper (n.) Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like..
Foreslow :: Foreslow (v. t.) To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. t..
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