slow
English
/sləʊ/, /sloʊ/
adj
Definitions
- 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.
- Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
- Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
- Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
- (of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
- Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
- (of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English slow inherited from Old English slāw (inert, slothful, sluggish, slow, torpid, late, tardy) inherited from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (blunt, weak, slack, dull, faint) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (limp, slack, flabby, loose).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)lew-
Gloss
limp, slack, flabby, loose
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- back English
- ball English
- burning English
- coach English
- footed English
- forsloth English
- forslow English
- overslow English
- paced English
- pitch English
- play English
- poke English
- sloth English
- slothful English
- slothlike English
- slothy English
- slow-burning English
- slow-paced English
- slowass English
- slowback English
- slowball English
- slowcoach English
- slowcore English
- slowen English
- sloweth English
- slowfooted English
- slowish English
- slowlily English
- slowliness English
- slowly English
- slown English
- slowness English
- slowpitch English
- slowplay English
- slowpoke English
- slowsome English
- slowth English
- superslow English
- ultraslow English
- slowen Dutch, Flemish
- slow French
- *(s)lew- Proto-Indo-European
- *lūþrijaz Proto-Germanic
- *slaiwaz Proto-Germanic
- *slaiwiþō Proto-Germanic
- *slekwaną Proto-Germanic
- *slūm- Proto-Germanic
- slö Swedish
- slø Norwegian Nynorsk
- sløv Norwegian Nynorsk
- slaw Old English
- slawlice Old English
- slawyrm Old English
- slæwþ Old English
- slāw Old English
- forslowen Middle English
- slouthe Middle English
- slow Middle English
- slowly Middle English
- sljór Old Norse
- sløv Danish
- sljór Icelandic
- สลอธ Thai
- slothi Swahili
- poke
- ball
- play
- back
- sloth
- slown
- pitch
- coach
- paced
- slothy
- slowen
- footed
- slowly
- slowth
- sloweth
- slowass
- forslow
- slowish
- burning
- overslow
- slowball
- forsloth
- slothful
- slowlily
- slowback
- slowplay
- slowcore
- slowpoke
- slowsome
- slowness
- slothlike
- slowpitch
- slowcoach
- superslow
- ultraslow
- slowfooted
- slowliness
- slow-paced
- slow-burning