A Quick and Simple Dictionary

slow

1. Adjective.  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. Adjective.  Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
3. Adjective.  Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
4. Adjective.  Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation.
5. Adjective.  (context, of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
6. Adjective.  (computing, of a piece of hardware) That takes a long time to transfer data.
7. Adjective.  Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
8. Adjective.  (context, of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
9. Verb.  (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
10. Verb.  (transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
11. Verb.  (intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
12. Noun.  Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
13. Noun.  (music) A slow song.
14. Adverb.  (rare) Slowly (''usually in combinations'').