slow
Pronunciation
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- Something is slow if it takes a long time to move. It is not fast.
- A snail is a very slow animal. It moves slowly.
- If something is slow, it does not happen in a short time.
- If someone is slow, it takes them a while to understand something.
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- (transitive) If you slow someone or something, he, she, or it does not move as quickly as he, she, or it did before; you lower the speed of something.
- (intransitive) If you slow, you do not progress as quickly as you did before.
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