as slow as a tortoise

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• Tortoise and the Hare — Tortoise and the Hare, the a ↑fable (=a traditional story that teaches a moral lesson) by ↑Aesop in which a ↑tortoise and a ↑hare have a race. The tortoise unexpectedly wins by moving slowly but steadily, while the hare, because he knows he can… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• tortoise — ► NOUN ▪ a slow moving land reptile with a scaly or leathery domed shell into which it can retract its head and legs. ORIGIN Latin tortuca …   English terms dictionary

• tortoise — /tawr teuhs/, n. 1. a turtle, esp. a terrestrial turtle. 2. a very slow person or thing. 3. testudo (def. 1). [1350 1400; var. of earlier (15th century) tortuse, tortose, tortuce, ME tortuca < ML tortuca, for LL tartarucha (fem. adj.) of Tartarus …   Universalium

• Tortoise Beats Hare — Infobox Hollywood cartoon cartoon name =Tortoise Beats Hare series = Merrie Melodies/Bugs Bunny director = Tex Avery story artist =Dave Monahan animator = Charles McKimson Robert McKimson Rod Scribner Virgil Ross Sid Sutherland voice actor = Mel… …   Wikipedia

• slow — adj 1. not rapid, snail like, going at a snail s pace, tortoise like, slower than molasses in January, crawling, plodding, shuffling; dawdling, lagging, lally gagging; hesitant, faltering, pausing, hanging back. 2. gradual, moderate, leisurely,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Tortoise Economy — An economy that is growing slowly or not at all over time. The classic example of a tortoise economy is the Japanese economy during the Lost Decade in the 1990s. During that time, interest rates remained near 0% while economic expansion was non… …   Investment dictionary

• Tortoise Rally — A slow and steady appreciation of financial market prices over time. A tortoise rally contrasts with more volatile rallies where prices rise and fall quickly while maintaining a general upward trend. Long term retail investors generally enjoy the …   Investment dictionary

• tortoise — [[t]tɔ͟ː(r)təs[/t]] tortoises N COUNT A tortoise is a slow moving animal with a shell into which it can pull its head and legs for protection …   English dictionary

• tortoise — tor•toise [[t]ˈtɔr təs[/t]] n. 1) ram a turtle, esp. a terrestrial turtle 2) a very slow person or thing • Etymology: 1350–1400; var. of earlier tortuse, tortose, tortuce, ME tortuca < ML tortūca, for LL tartarūcha (fem. adj.) of Tartarus… …   From formal English to slang

• tortoise — n. 1 any slow moving land or freshwater reptile of the family Testudinidae, encased in a scaly or leathery domed shell, and having a retractile head and elephantine legs. 2 Rom. Antiq. = TESTUDO. Derivatives: tortoise like adj. & adv. Etymology:… …   Useful english dictionary

• tortoise — Synonyms and related words: alligator, crocodile, crocodilian, dawdle, dawdler, dinosaur, drone, foot dragger, gator, goldbrick, goof off, laggard, lie abed, lingerer, lizard, loiterer, plodder, procrastinator, reptile, reptilian, saurian,… …   Moby Thesaurus