English-Dutch translations for slow

• langzaam
  Ze groeien uitermate langzaam.They are extremely slow growing.
  Het is waar dat er maar langzaam vooruitgang geboekt is. It is true that progress was slow.
  We schieten maar langzaam en moeizaam op. We are making slow and painful headway.
• traag
  Europa heeft zeer traag op die bezorgdheid gereageerd. Europe was slow to heed such worries.
  Ons probleem is dat we traag handelen. Our problem is that we are slow to act.
  De Europese groei blijft verontrustend traag. European growth remains worryingly slow.
• sloom
• langzaam van begrip
• langzame
  Klinkt dit nu niet als een langzame foxtrot? It is a bit of a slow foxtrot, is it not?
  (De spreker wordt door de Voorzitter verzocht langzamer te spreken) (The President asked the speaker to slow down)
  Wat is toch dit langzame afglijden van democratie naar dictatuur? What is that slow slide from democracy to dictatorship?
• ophouden
  Indien de eerste interpretatie van toepassing is, kan iets dergelijks heel de wetgevingsprocedure ophouden. Het kan zelfs indruisen tegen het interinstitutioneel akkoord betreffende de subsidiariteit. If the first option were to be applied, the procedure could slow down the entire legislative process and might even contradict the Interinstitutional Agreement on subsidiarity.
• slome
• vertragen
  Sommige gaan wel heel snel van start, maar vertragen daarna. Some start very quickly and then slow down.
  Misschien doen we er goed aan om dat proces ingrijpend te vertragen? Perhaps it should be slowed down dramatically?
  Snel om de uitbreiding niet te vertragen. Quickly, so as not to not slow down the enlargement.
• weifelend

Definition of slow

• 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
• Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time
• Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness
• To make run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of
• To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate
• Someone who is slow; a sluggard
• Slowly

Examples

• a slow train;  a slow computer
• That clock is slow
• It was a slow news day, so the editor asked us to make our articles wordier
• Im just sitting here with a desk of cards, enjoying a slow afternoon
• That clock is running slow.

Related words

• slowly
• slowdown
• slowworm
• slowness
• slow-worm
• slowpoke
• slowing
• slow-witted
• slowcoach