slow
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "slow"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϧ⧀āϰ, āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĨāϰ

moving, happening, or being done at a speed that is low
slow definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She had a slow learning pace but never gave up.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻšāĻžāϞ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āϧ⧀āϰ

not fast at learning or understanding things
slow definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Sometimes he needs a little push to get going, he 's a bit slow.
āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āϧāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āϧ⧀āϰāĨ¤
03

(of a clock or timepiece) showing a time earlier than the correct time

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He realized his watch was slow when he arrived late.
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āϧ⧀āϰ, āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ

(a business or market) characterized by low activity or diminished speed in operations
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The slow business environment made it challenging for startups to secure funding.
āϧ⧀āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāφāĻĒāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϧ⧀āϰ, āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ

boring or lacking excitement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His slow storytelling style put everyone to sleep.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāχāϞ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to decrease one's speed
Intransitive
to slow definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bicyclist had to slow when navigating the crowded city streets to avoid collisions with pedestrians.
āϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ āϚāĻžāϞāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻĨāϚāĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻ°ā§āώ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to decrease the speed of something
Transitive: to slow sth
to slow definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She slowed the treadmill to a walking pace after an intense workout.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āφāωāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŽāĻŋāϞāϕ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻžāϰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

to slacken or reduce the intensity or pace of something
Transitive: to slow sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The crew had to slow their excavation work in the archaeological site to uncover delicate artifacts.
āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻžāϜ⧁āĻ• āύāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āωāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‹āϚāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āύāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϧ⧀āϰ⧇, āφāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧇

at a speed that is not fast
slow definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The old car drives quite slow on steep hills.
āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇āĨ¤
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āϧ⧀āϰ

(of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the actual time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The classroom clock runs slow, so we always finish late.
āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏāϰ⧁āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϘāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϧ⧀āϰ āϚāϞ⧇, āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤

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slowly
slowness
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