This meaning means something or someone moves at a low speed. It shows things are not fast. We use it to talk about speed in daily life.
The car is slow on the road.
She walks slow in the morning.
This use means to make something go slower or happen less quickly. It is often used when talking about stopping fast movement or progress.
The rain slowed the game down.
Doctors try to slow the sickness.
This meaning describes a person who finds it hard to understand or learn things quickly. It can describe slow thinking or slow learning.
He is slow to learn new words.
She is slow when doing math work.
This meaning is about a person or animal who acts without energy or moves slowly because they feel tired or lazy.
The cat is slow and sleeps all day.
He feels slow after the long trip.
As a noun, 'slow' means a traffic delay or time when cars move slowly. It often happens on roads when many cars block the way.
We waited in a slow on the highway.
There is a slow near the city center.
As an adverb, slow means to do an action without speed. It shows how something happens at a low speed.
He drives slow on the wet road.
Please speak slow so I can hear.
In technology, slow means a device or program that does not work fast and takes longer to do tasks. It can cause waiting or problems.
My computer is slow today.
The game is slow on this phone.
This idiom describes a person who does not understand things quickly. It often means they need more time to learn or see what is happening.
He is slow on the uptake sometimes.
She was slow on the uptake with jokes.
