Slow Definition–adjective | 1. | moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train. | | 2. | characterized by lack of speed: a slow pace. | | 3. | taking or requiring a comparatively long time for completion: a slow meal; a slow trip. | | 4. | requiring or taking a long time for growing, changing, or occurring; gradual: a plant of slow growth. | | 5. | sluggish in nature, disposition, or function. | | 6. | dull of perception or understanding; mentally dull: a slow child. | | 7. | not prompt, readily disposed, or in haste (usually fol. by to or an infinitive): slow to anger; slow to take offense. | | 8. | burning or heating with little speed or intensity, as a fire or an oven. | | 9. | slack; not busy: The market was slow today. | | 10. | 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: a slow, careful worker; a slow road. | | 11. | running at less than the proper rate of speed or registering less than the proper time, as a clock. | | 12. | passing heavily or dragging, as time: It's been a slow afternoon. | | 13. | not progressive; behind the times: a slow town. | | 14. | dull, humdrum, uninteresting, or tedious: What a slow party! | | 15. | Photography. requiring long exposure, as by having a small lens diameter or low film sensitivity: a slow lens or film. | | 16. | (of the surface of a race track) sticky from a fairly recent rain and in the process of drying out. | –adverb | 17. | in a slow manner; slowly: Drive slow. | –verb (used with object) | 18. | to make slow or slower (often fol. by up or down). | | 19. | to retard; reduce the advancement or progress of: His illness slowed him at school. | –verb (used without object) | 20. | to become slow or slower; slacken in speed (often fol. by up or down). | |
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Cooker Definition–noun | 1. | an appliance or utensil for cooking: pressure cooker. | | 2. | a person employed in certain industrial processes, as in brewing or distilling, to operate cooking apparatus. | |
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