Definitions for slow-up
slow-up
slow-up
Spelling: [sloh-uhp]
IPA: /ˈsloʊˌʌp/
Slow-Up is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 83 anagrams from letters in slow-up (-lopsuw).
Definitions for slow-up
noun
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a delay or retardation in progress or activity; slowdown.
adverb
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in a slow manner; slowly:
adjective
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moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity:
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characterized by lack of speed:
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taking or requiring a comparatively long time for completion:
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requiring or taking a long time for growing, changing, or occurring; gradual:
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sluggish in nature, disposition, or function.
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dull of perception or understanding; mentally dull:
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not prompt, readily disposed, or in haste (usually followed by to or an infinitive):
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burning or heating with little speed or intensity, as a fire or an oven.
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slack; not busy:
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having some quality that retards speed or causes movement, progress, work, etc., to be accomplished at less than the usual or expected rate of speed:
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running at less than the proper rate of speed or registering less than the proper time, as a clock.
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passing heavily or dragging, as time:
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not progressive; behind the times: a slow town.
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dull, humdrum, uninteresting, or tedious:
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Photography. requiring long exposure, as by having a small lens diameter or low film sensitivity:
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(of the surface of a race track) sticky from a fairly recent rain and in the process of drying out.
verb (used with object)
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to make slow or slower (often followed by up or down).
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to retard; reduce the advancement or progress of:
verb (used without object)
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to become slow or slower; slacken in speed (often followed by up or down).
Origin of slow-up
First recorded in 1890-95; noun use of verb phrase slow up
Examples for slow-up
There was always a slow-up in the work about ten o'clock, and Hiram had a request to make.
But another look, as Bunny tried to slow-up his rolling, told him it was another man.