burning combustion | the act of burning something, the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance |
burning | a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin |
burning burning at the stake | execution by fire |
electrocution burning | execution by electricity |
go-slow | a form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers |
slow virus | a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear, kuru is caused by a slow virus |
slow loris Nycticebus tardigradua Nycticebus pygmaeus | stocky lemur of southeastern Asia |
slow lane | the traffic lane for vehicles that are moving slowly |
slow match | match or fuse made to burn slowly and evenly |
denseness dumbness slow-wittedness | the quality of being mentally slow and limited |
slow motion | a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed, achieved by taking the film at a faster rate |
summer cypress burning bush fire bush fire-bush belvedere Bassia scoparia Kochia scoparia | densely branched Eurasian plant, foliage turns purpleed in autumn |
fraxinella dittany burning bush gas plant Dictamnus alba | Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather |
wahoo burning bush Euonymus atropurpureus | deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds |
burning bush | (Old Testament) the bush that burned without being consumed and from which God spoke to Moses |
combustion burning | a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light |
burn burning | pain that feels hot as if it were on fire |
extended time scale slow time scale | (simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one |
relax loosen up unbend unwind decompress slow down | become less tense, rest, or take one's ease, He relaxed in the hot tub, Let's all relax after a hard day's work |
decelerate slow down | reduce the speed of, He slowed down the car |
decelerate slow slow down slow up retard | lose velocity, move more slowly, The car decelerated |
slow slow down slow up slack slacken | become slow or slower, Production slowed |
slow slow down slow up | cause to proceed more slowly, The illness slowed him down |
dull slow sluggish | (of business) not active or brisk, business is dull (or slow), a sluggish market |
dense dim dull dumb obtuse slow | slow to learn or understand, lacking intellectual acuity, so dense he never understands anything I say to him, never met anyone quite so dim, although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick- Thackeray, dumb officials make some really dumb decisions, he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse, worked with the slow students |
free burning sustained | (of an electric arc) continuous, heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs |
slow | not moving quickly, taking a comparatively long time, a slow walker, the slow lane of traffic, her steps were slow, he was slow in reacting to the news, slow but steady growth |
slow-moving | moving slowly, slow-moving cars |
slow | at a slow tempo, the band played a slow waltz |
slow | (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time, the clock is slow |
clean-burning | leaving little contamination while consuming fuel, natural gas is a clean-burning fuel |
coal-fired coal-burning | fueled by burning coal, a coal-fired ship |
wood-fired wood-burning | fueled by wood, a wood-burning stove' |
burning(a) | of immediate import, burning issues of the day |
boring deadening dull ho-hum irksome slow tedious tiresome wearisome | so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness, a boring evening with uninteresting people, the deadening effect of some routine tasks, a dull play, his competent but dull performance, a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention, what an irksome task the writing of long letters is- Edmund Burke, tedious days on the train, the tiresome chirping of a cricket- Mark Twain, other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome |
backward half-witted slow-witted feebleminded | retarded in intellectual development |
slowly slow easy tardily | without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'), he spoke slowly, go easy here--the road is slippery, glaciers move tardily, please go slow so I can see the sights |
behind slow | of timepieces, the clock is almost an hour slow, my watch is running behind |