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• Slow match — or match cord is the very slow burning cord or twine fuse used by early gunpowder musketeers, artillerymen, and soldiers to ignite matchlock muskets, cannons, and petards. Slow matches were most suitable for use around black powder weapons… …   Wikipedia

• slow as molasses — (or slower than molasses) US informal : very slow or slowly I used to be a fast runner, but now I m slow as molasses. People have complained that the legislature is moving/working slower than molasses. • • • Main Entry: ↑molasses …   Useful english dictionary

• slow boat to china — This idiom is used to describe something that is very slow and takes a long time …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• slow|poke — «SLOH POHK», noun. Informal. a very slow person or thing …   Useful english dictionary

• slow — slow1 [ slou ] adjective *** ▸ 1 not fast ▸ 2 taking a long time ▸ 3 not intelligent ▸ 4 not busy/exciting ▸ 5 music: at slow speed ▸ 6 about (part of) road ▸ 7 clock: with earlier time ▸ 8 about film/camera ▸ 9 oven: at low temperature ▸ +… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• slow — I UK [sləʊ] / US [sloʊ] adjective Word forms slow : adjective slow comparative slower superlative slowest *** 1) a) a slow movement or action does not happen fast a long slow walk to the top of the hill A slow smile spread across her face. b)… …   English dictionary

• slow — slow1 W2S2 [sləu US slou] adj comparative slower superlative slowest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not quick)¦ 2¦(taking too long)¦ 3¦(with delay)¦ 4¦(longer time)¦ 5¦(business)¦ 6¦(clock)¦ 7¦(not clever)¦ 8 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• slow — 1 adjective 1 MOVE ETC not moving, being done, or happening quickly: a slow train | a slow, smoochy dance at the end of the evening | The computer s just so slow today, isn t it? 2 LONG TIME a) taking a long time or a longer time than usual: With …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• slow*/*/*/ — [sləʊ] adj I 1) not moving or happening fast This bus is really slow.[/ex] a long slow walk to the top of the hill[/ex] She s a slow worker, but reliable.[/ex] Progress has been painfully slow (= very slow).[/ex] The government has been slow to… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Slow motion — This article is about the filmmaking effect. For other uses, see Slow Motion (disambiguation). Slow motion (commonly abbreviated as slowmo) is an effect in film making whereby time appears to be slowed down. It was invented by the Austrian priest …   Wikipedia

• slow-motion hallucination —    A term introduced in or shortly before 1951 by the American neurologist Caro W. Lippman (1886 1954) to denote a *kinaesthetic hallucination characterized by a subjective sensation of a slowing down of one s body. As noted by one of Lippman s… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations