slow
part of speech
adjective (slow, slower, slowest); adverb (slowly; also slow in «go slow»); verb (slow, slows, slowed, slowing)
meaning for a pupil
1) Slow means not fast; it takes a long time to move or to do something. tree →
2) A slow clock or watch shows a time earlier than the real time. tree →
3) To slow down is to go less fast. tree →
4) Slow can mean not quick to learn or understand (this can be unkind to say about a person). tree →
5) A slow day or time is one when little happens. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Slow of speech" means someone who speaks with difficulty, as Moses said of himself. "Slow to anger" means patient. Interpretation: "Slow to anger" is one of the thirteen attributes of God's mercy, which Jews recite on fast days and holy days. In the primary lessons: compares speeds or rates: the slow one covers less in the same time or needs more time; in everyday life and safety: slow down near schools, «SLOW» road signs; in science some changes are slow (rusting, growth of plants); in stories the slow tortoise wins the race; phrases: «slow down», «slow and steady», «in slow motion»
examples
- And Moses said unto the LORD: 'Oh Lord, I am not a man of words, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.' (Torah EXO.4.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- The LORD is slow to anger, and plenteous in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. (Torah NUM.14.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. (Writings PSA.103.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. (Writings PSA.145.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- A wrathful man stirreth up discord; but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. (Writings PRO.15.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- The slow train goes 40 miles an hour. tree →
- The tortoise is slower than the hare. tree →
- The slow pump fills 2 litres a minute. tree →
- She is 5 minutes slower than Tom. tree →
- Cars must go slow near the school. tree →
- My watch is 3 minutes slow. tree →
- Slow down, the floor is wet! tree →
- The film showed the goal in slow motion. tree →
- Slow and steady wins the race. tree →
note
«Slower by» means smaller speed or more time. Trap: «5 minutes slower» means more time, so you add 5 to the time. Trap: a clock «3 minutes slow» shows 3 minutes less than the real time, so add 3 to get the real time. Adverb: slowly («walk slowly»); «go slow» is also used in signs.
In the corpora
- For thou art not sent to a people of an unintelligible speech and of a slow tongue, but to the house of Israel;
- not to many peoples of an unintelligible speech and of a slow tongue, whose words thou canst not understand.
- The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
- The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
- He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «slow» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.