sloth
1> , 
2> , 
3> _.  (Bradypodidae)

sloth-bear
1> _. - (Melursus labiatus)

slothful
1> , ; ; 

slotted
1> ; 
2> _. 
3> _. ,  ,  

slotter
1> _.  

slottery
1> , ; , 

slotting
1>    , 
_Ex:
slotting cutter _.  
2> _.  

slotting-machine
1> _.  

slouch
1> , 
2> ,  , 
3> _. ; ,  
_Ex:
to be no slouch at work    
4> _. ,  
5>       
6> _.   ()
7> , ;  
8> 
_Ex:
he slouched his shoulders   
9>  ()  
10> ,  ( )

slouch about, slouch along, slouch around
1> ,   

slouch hat
1>       

slouching
1> 
2>     ( )
3> _. , ; 

slouchy
1>  (  )
2> ,  ( )
3> , 

slough
1> , , 
2> ,   ; 
3> _. ,  
4> _.  ( )
5> , , 
6> ,   ()
7> 
8>  
9> _.  
10>   ( )
11>  ( , )
12>  
13> _.  

Slough of Despond
1> _.   (  . "
")
2>  

slough off
1>  ( )
2>  ()
3> , 
_Ex:
she is now being sloughed off by her husband  
 
_Ex:
he had sloughed off all the petty cares   
 
_Ex:
one cannot easily slough off one's obligations to one's
colleagues       
  
4>  ( -)
_Ex:
to slough off a bad habit (prejudices)   
 ( )

slough over
1>  ; ;  

sloughy
1> , , ; 
2> 
3> _.     

Slovak
1> ; 
_Ex:
the Slovaks _. 
2>  
3> 

sloven
1> , 
2>  , 
3> , , 
_Ex:
sloven in one's dress  
_Ex:
sloven in appearance  
4> , 
_Ex:
done in a sloven way  -
_Ex:
sloven workmanship  () 
5> , 
_Ex:
in thought   ;  
6> _. , 
7> _. , , -
8> _. , 

Slovene
1> ; 
_Ex:
the Slovenes _. 
2> 

Slovenian
1>  
2> 

slovenly
1> , , 
_Ex:
slovenly in one's dress  
_Ex:
slovenly in appearance  
2> , 
_Ex:
done in a slovenly way  -
_Ex:
slovenly workmanship  () 
3> , 
_Ex:
in thought   ;  
4> _. , 
5> _. , , -

slow
1> _. , ; 
2> _. 
3> _. 
4> _.    ()
5> , 
_Ex:
slow speed  
_Ex:
slow train  
_Ex:
at a slow pace (step)   ()
_Ex:
slow fire _.  ;  
_Ex:
slow neutrons _.  () 
_Ex:
slow running _.  ;  
6> ; , 
_Ex:
slow runner (walker) 
_Ex:
he is a slow reader    ()
_Ex:
a person slow to anger (to wrath) ,  
  
_Ex:
he is slow to take offence   ;   
 
_Ex:
he is slow to make up his mind     
_Ex:
he is slow to act   ,  

_Ex:
he was not slow to defend himself     
_Ex:
he was not slow to take advantage of it   
( )  
7> , 
_Ex:
slow learner _.  
_Ex:
to be slow at arithmetic    
_Ex:
to be slow of (in) understanding  
8>  ;   
_Ex:
slow child  
9>  , 
_Ex:
slow poison   
_Ex:
slow infection _.  () 
_Ex:
slow influence   
_Ex:
slow development (growth)   (- )
10>  ( )
_Ex:
to cook on a slow fire    
11> , ,   
_Ex:
slow journey  
12>  ( )
_Ex:
my watch is five minutes slow      
13> , 
_Ex:
to be slow in keeping an appointment   
_Ex:
the guests are slow in arriving  - 
14> , 
_Ex:
slow book (life, party)   (, )
15>  ( );  ( )
16>  ( )
17> _.  ( , )
18> ,    ( ,
  . .)
_Ex:
slow tennis-court ""  ()
19>      ( 
)
_Id:
slow in the uptake  
_Id:
be slow to promise and quick to perform    -
,    - 
_Id:
slow and steady wins the race _.  ,  
20> 
_Ex:
slow and sure ,  
_Ex:
to go slow  ;  ; 
      
_Ex:
at your age it is time to go slow    
  ()
_Ex:
to go slow with one's provisions  

21> ,  (  . .) ( slow down)
_Ex:
you'd better slow down going through the village 
 ,      
_Ex:
his illness slowed him at school -   
  
22> , 
_Ex:
production of new cars slowed sharply  
  

slow burn
1> _.   ; ,
   
_Ex:
he did a slow burn as the conversation progressed  
      

slow down
1>  
_Ex:
he slowed down to 20 miles an hour     20
  
2> , 
_Ex:
to slow down efficiency   
_Ex:
their enthusiasm slowed down   ()  ()
_Ex:
don't slow down the movement in this scene;
it is tending to drag      - 
  
3>   ,   
_Ex:
you really ought to slow down - all these late nights are
not doing you any good    
  -    ,   

slow handclap
1>     ( ,
   )

slow march
1>   (65   ;   )

slow match
1>   (    . .)

slow reactor
1> _.    ,  

slow time
1> . _.    (65   )

slow up
1>  
_Ex:
slow up when driving through a city street  ,
   
2>  , ; 
_Ex:
he's beginning to slow up;
his latest book is weaker than the previous one  
 -     
_Ex:
he's over sixty but shows no signs of slowing up  
,   ,    
3>   
_Ex:
you should slow up a bit if you want to avoid a breakdown
   ,    

slow virus
1> _.     ,
 

slow-belly
1> . _pl. , 

slow-burning
1>  ; 
2>  . . .: _.  

slow-footed
1>   
_Ex:
slow-footed ship  
2> ,  (   . .)
3> ; , 
_Ex:
a slow-footed novel    

slow-milker
1> _-.  

slow-motion
1> _.    
_Ex:
slow-motion pictures  ,  

slow-moving article
1>  

slow-paced
1> ,  ( , )
2> ,   ( )

slow-response
1>  ,  ( )

slow-roll
1> _.  

slow-speed
1> , 

slow-up
1>  (  . .)

slow-witted
1> ,  
2> 

slow-worm
1> _.  (Typhlops)

slowcoach
1> _. ,  
2> _. 
3> _.    ; , 

slowdown
1> _. , 
_Ex:
a business slowdown   
_Ex:
a sales slowdown   ( )
2> _.    (  )

slowing-down
1> _. , 
_Ex:
a business slowing-down   
_Ex:
a sales slowing-down   ( )

slowly
1> 

slowpoke
1> _. _. 
2> _. _. , , 

slows
1> _.  

slub
1> _.  ( )
2> _.  
3> _.  
4> _.   

slubber
1> _.  -, 
2> _.  ( )  

sludge
1> , ; 
2> 
3> _. 
4> _.  
5> "",  
6> _.  
7> _.    

sludge-hole
1> _.  

sludger
1> _.  ; 

sludgy
1> ; , 
2>  "",  

slue
1> _. ; ; 
2> ;  ;  (  . .)
3> () 
_Ex:
it took time to slue the guns around  ,
  
4> ; 
_Ex:
the car slueed round in a complete circle on the icy road
   180    
5> _. 
6> _.   ; , 

sluff
1> _.  

slug
1> _. , 
2> _.  (Tenthredinidae)
3> _.  (,   . .)
4> , 
5>     , 
6> _.  
7> _. ; ,  ( ); 
 ( to slug it)
8> _.    - , 
9> _. ,  , ;
 (   . .)
10> 
11>    
12> () 
13>    50 
14>  (    . .)
15> _. ,   
16> _. 
17> _. _. ;  
18> _. _.  
19> _.   
20> _.  ;    
21> _.  ,  ; , ,

22> _. _.  ;  
_Ex:
to fire a slug  

slugabed
1> _.  , 

sluggard
1> , , 

slugger
1> _. ,   ,    
2> _.   () ()

slugging
1> _. _. 
2> _. _.  

sluggish
1> 
2> , , ; 
_Ex:
to be of sluggish disposition    
_Ex:
his is a sluggish mind  
3> ,  ,  ()

_Ex:
sluggish period   ()
4> _. 
_Ex:
sluggish liver   
_Ex:
sluggish pulse  
5> ,   ( )

sluggy
1> _.  

slughorn
1> , 

sluice
1> , ; 
2> 
3>  
4> _. ,   
5> ,  ()   ( sluice out)
6> ,    ( sluice out)
7>  , 
8> , 
_Ex:
rain was sluicing down     
9>  , 
10> 
11> ; 
_Ex:
to sluice one's face  
_Ex:
to sluice a pavement with a hose    
_Ex:
to sluice oneself down with cold water   
12>  ( sluice out)
_Ex:
if the pipe gets blocked up try sluicing it out with hot water
  ,     
13> _.   
14> _.   

sluice in
1>  , 
_Ex:
information was sluicing in   


sluicegate
1>  

sluiceway
1>  

sluicy
1>  ( )
2> ,  ; 

sluit
1> _-. , , 

slum
1> 
_Ex:
slum clearance   ,  
_Ex:
slum dwellers  
2> ,  
3>   (    
) ( to go slumming)
4> _.     ,   
 ;     . . (
)
5>    , - 
_Ex:
they've been slumming for years     
  
6>   ()

slumber
1> . , 
_Ex:
leaden slumber  
_Ex:
slumber cap   ,    ,
   
_Ex:
to fall into broken (troubled) slumber  

2> ,  
_Ex:
he is lost in slumber  
3> ; 
4> , 
_Ex:
they slumbered on the mere fame of their exploits  
 
5> ,  ( )
6> ;    ,

_Ex:
a volcano that has slumbered for centuries , 
  

slumber away
1> 
_Ex:
to slumber away a hot afternoon    
_Ex:
to slumber one's life away    
_Ex:
to slumber away in total inactivity   

2>   
_Ex:
he slumbered these reflections away ,  
 ,   

slumber party
1> _. " " (     
;    )

slumber wear
1>  ,   . .

slumberland
1>  , 

slumberous
1> , 
_Ex:
slumberous voice  
_Ex:
slumberous eyelids  ( ) 
2> , ,  
_Ex:
slumberous voice  , , 
() 
_Ex:
slumberous atmosphere  (,  )

3> , ; , 
_Ex:
slumberous wood  () 
_Ex:
slumberous air  () 
_Ex:
slumberous town  () 
4> 
_Ex:
slumberous feeling 

slumbery
1> , 

slumbrous
1> , 
_Ex:
slumbrous voice  
_Ex:
slumbrous eyelids  ( ) 
2> , ,  
_Ex:
slumbrous voice  , , 
() 
_Ex:
slumbrous atmosphere  (,  )

3> , ; , 
_Ex:
slumbrous wood  () 
_Ex:
slumbrous air  () 
_Ex:
slumbrous town  () 
4> 
_Ex:
slumbrous feeling 

slumgullion
1> , () 
2> _.  (  ,    . .)

slumgum
1> _.  

slumlord
1> _.  ;  , 
,   

slummock
1> _.  
2> _.  , 
3> _.  , 

slummy
1> 

slump
1>  ,  
_Ex:
in (by) the slump , , 
2> _. _. ,  (); 
 
3>     (,   );
  ( )
_Ex:
a bad slump in business    
_Ex:
a slump in agricultural produce   
 
4> ()  
5>  
_Ex:
the slump in Tennyson    
_Ex:
a slump in theatre attendance   
6> _.  , 
7>     ( ,   )
_Ex:
the price slumped to $50     
8>      (,  
)
9>  ,  ( )
10>  , , 
_Ex:
he slumped into his chair     
_Ex:
he slumped down to the floor    
11> ;  ,   
12>  , ,  
13> 

slumpflation
1> _.  ,  
    (slump + inflation)

slumpy
1> , 

slung
1> _p.  _p-p.  sling

slung shot
1> ,   . .    ( )

slunk
1> _p.  _p-p.  slink

slur
1> 
_Ex:
to cast (to put, to throw) a slur on (upon) smb.,
smth.  -, -
_Ex:
to keep one's reputation free from all slurs 
 
2>  ,  , 
3> _. () , ; 
(- )
4>   (, )
5> _. 
6>  , ;  ()
7>  , 
8>  , 
_Ex:
to slur one's lesson   -
9> ( over) ,  ; 
 (-)
_Ex:
to slur (over) the faults    

_Ex:
to slur over the details  
_Ex:
the problem has been slurred over   
10> _.  
11> _. ,  
12> _.  ( ) 

slurb
1>     ;  
 (slum + suburb)

slurp
1> ;  (  . .); 
_Ex:
he slurped down too much scotch   

slurry
1> _.   ,  
2> _.  

slush
1> 
2>  
3>  , 
4>  , 
5>  
6>   (  )
7> _.  ;  
8> _.  
9> _.  ;  
(  )
_Ex:
slush melodrama  
10> _.  
11> _. _. " ",    
    
12>  (, )
13> _.   
14> (over)   ( -)
15>   
16>    
17>  ,  
18> _.   ();  
19> _.   

slush fund
1> _.  
2> _. _. " ",    
    

