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adagio |
in music, slow; slower than andante. [2/4 definitions] |
amble |
to walk at a slow, easy pace. |
andante |
moderately slow in tempo (used as a musical direction). [1/2 definitions] |
aphid |
a small soft-bodied and slow-moving insect that feeds by sucking the juices of plants; plant louse. |
arrest |
to slow down; block; stop. [1/4 definitions] |
back up |
of traffic, to become so slow that vehicles form long lines behind each other with little space between each vehicle. [2/8 definitions] |
barrage |
a man-made obstruction placed in a waterway to slow the flow or increase the depth of the water; dam. [1/3 definitions] |
bayou |
a marshy lake or slow-moving or stagnant river tributary, found esp. in the southeastern United States. |
behindhand |
slow or tardy. [1/3 definitions] |
blunt |
slow to understand; dull of perception; insensitive. [1/5 definitions] |
bovine |
slow-moving, dull, patient, or stolid. [1/3 definitions] |
bradycardia |
abnormally slow heart rate. |
brake1 |
a device used to slow or stop the motion of a vehicle or machine. [1/2 definitions] |
brake pedal |
a device in a vehicle that you push with your foot in order to slow or stop the vehicle. |
browse |
to examine things in a slow and casual way. [1/2 definitions] |
bumper-to-bumper |
of automobile traffic, closely packed and usu. slow-moving. |
chaconne |
a slow, formal dance of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries having its origins in Spain or Latin America, or the music composed for such a dance. [1/2 definitions] |
chug |
a short, repetitive, explosive sound, esp. that made by a slow-moving locomotive. [1/3 definitions] |
clunky |
functioning in an awkward or slow and inefficient manner. [1/2 definitions] |
cordite |
a smokeless, slow-burning explosive formed into the shape of a cord, used in some ammunition. |
corrode |
to cause damage by a slow process. |
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