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Definition slow

Etymology

From Middle English slow, slaw, from Old English sl?w (“sluggish, inert, slothful, late, tardy, torpid, slow”), from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“blunt, dull, faint, weak, slack”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“limp”). Cognate with Scots slaw (“slow”), Dutch sleeuw (“blunt, dull”), Low German slee (“dull, sluggish”), German schlehe, schleh (“dull, exhausted, faint”), Danish sløv (“dull, torpid, drowsy”), Swedish slö (“slack, lazy”), Icelandic sljór (“dim-witted, slow”).

Adjective

slow (comparative slower, superlative slowest)

  1. 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. Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
  3. Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
  4. Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
  5. (of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
  6. Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
  7. (of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.

Verb

slow (third-person singular simple present slows, present participle slowing, simple past and past participle slowed)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
  2. (transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
  3. (intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.

Noun

slow (plural slows)

  1. Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
  2. (music) A slow song.

Adverb

slow (comparative slower, superlative slowest)

  1. Slowly.

Results 290 Words with the letters SLOW

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8 letter words with the letters SLOW 
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6 letter words with the letters SLOW 
ALLOWS 11
BELOWS 13
BLOWSY 15
BOWELS 13
CLOWNS 14
DOWELS 11
ELBOWS 13
GROWLS 12
LOWERS 10
LOWEST 10
LOWISH 12
OWLETS 10
OWLISH 12
PROWLS 13
ROWELS 10
SALLOW 11
SAWLOG 12
SCOWLS 13
SLOWED 11
SLOWER 10
SLOWLY 13
TOWELS 10
VOWELS 14
WHOLES 12
WHORLS 12
WOALDS 11
WOLVES 14
WORLDS 11
5 letter words with the letters SLOW 
BLOWS 12
BOWLS 12
COWLS 12
FLOWS 12
FOWLS 12
GLOWS 11
HOWLS 11
JOWLS 18
PLOWS 12
SCOWL 12
WOLDS 10
WOLFS 12
YOWLS 11
4 letter words with the letters SLOW 
LOWS 8
OWLS 8
SLOW 8
3 letter words with the letters SLOW 
LOW 7
OWL 7
SOL 4
SOW 6
WOS 6
2 letter words with the letters SLOW 
LO 3
OS 2
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SO 2
WO 5

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