sluggish
— Adjective
– English
~ (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
sluggish
— Adjective
– English
~ moving slowly; "a sluggish stream"
sluggish
— Adjective
– English
~ slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"
sluggishly
— Adverb
– English
~ in a sluggish manner; "the smoke rose sluggishly"
sluggishness
— Noun
– English
~ a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
sluggishness
— Noun
– English
~ the pace of things that move relatively slowly; "the sluggishness of the economy"; "the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold"
sluggishness
— Noun
– English
~ inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"
sluice
— Noun
– English
~ conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
sluice down
— Verb
– English
~ pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"
sluice
— Verb
– English
~ transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs"
sluice
— Verb
– English
~ pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"
sluice
— Verb
– English
~ draw through a sluice; "sluice water"
sluice
— Verb
– English
~ irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"
sluicegate
— Noun
– English
~ regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
sluiceway
— Noun
– English
~ conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
sluicing
— Adjective
– English
~ pouring from or as if from a sluice; "the sluicing rain"
slum
— Noun
– English
~ a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
slum area
— Noun
– English
~ a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
slum
— Verb
– English
~ spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive; "attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century"
slumber
— Noun
– English
~ a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"