breathing
external respiration
respiration ventilation | the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation, the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation |
| abdominal breathing | breathing in which most of the respiratory effort is done by the abdominal muscles, abdominal breathing is practiced by singers |
periodic breathing
Cheyne-Stokes respiration | abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate |
exhalation
expiration
breathing out | the act of expelling air from the lungs |
inhalation
inspiration
aspiration
intake breathing in | the act of inhaling, the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing |
| 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 |
breathing device
breathing apparatus
breathing machine
ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
| 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 |
breathing room
breathing space | sufficient room for easy breathing or movement, moved to the country to find breathing room |
extended time scale
slow time scale | (simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one |
breath
breather
breathing place
breathing space
breathing spell
breathing time | a short respite |
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 |
breathing
eupneic
eupnoeic | passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally, sometimes used in combination, the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs, the heavy-breathing person on the telephone |
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 |
| 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 |
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 |
| air-breathing | deriving oxygen from the air, he studied respiration in marine air-breathing vertebrates, large air-breathing ichthyosaurs had hydrofoils |
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 |