slow

(verb) lose velocity; move more slowly. Synonyms: decelerate, slow down, slow up, retard. Examples: "The car decelerated."

(verb) become slow or slower. Synonyms: slow down, slow up, slack, slacken. Examples: "Production slowed."

(verb) cause to proceed more slowly. Synonyms: slow down, slow up. Examples: "The illness slowed him down."

(adj) not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time. Synonyms: slow (vs. fast). Examples: "A slow walker." "The slow lane of traffic." "Her steps were slow." "He was slow in reacting to the news." "Slow but steady growth."

(adj) at a slow tempo. Synonyms: slow (vs. fast). Examples: "The band played a slow waltz."

(adj) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity. Synonyms: dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse. Examples: "So dense he never understands anything i say to him." "Never met anyone quite so dim." "Although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- thackeray." "Dumb officials make some really dumb decisions." "He was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse." "Worked with the slow students."

(adj) (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time. Synonyms: slow (vs. fast). Examples: "The clock is slow."

(adj) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. Synonyms: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome. Examples: "A boring evening with uninteresting people." "The deadening effect of some routine tasks." "A dull play." "His competent but dull performance." "A ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention." "What an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- edmund burke." "Tedious days on the train." "The tiresome chirping of a cricket"- mark twain." "Other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome."

(adj) (of business) not active or brisk. Synonyms: dull, sluggish. Examples: "Business is dull (or slow)." "A sluggish market."

(adv) without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'). Synonyms: slowly, easy, tardily. Examples: "He spoke slowly." "Go easy here--the road is slippery." "Glaciers move tardily." "Please go slow so i can see the sights."

(adv) of timepieces. Synonyms: behind. Examples: "The clock is almost an hour slow." "My watch is running behind."