delay

Speech parts

1. delay - Noun

2. delay - Verb

4. Delay - Proper noun

A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.

To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.

To allay; to temper.

To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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