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Definition of delay

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Delay (n.) 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..

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Retard :: Retard (n.) Retardation; delay.

Dalliance :: Dalliance (n.) Delay or procrastination.

Tarry :: Tarry (v. t.) To delay; to defer; to put off.

Relay :: Relay (n.) A supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay..

Pause :: Pause (n.) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.

Dandle :: Dandle (v. t.) To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.

Procrastinate :: Procrastinate (v. i.) To delay; to be dilatory.

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition..

Attend :: Attend (v. i.) To wait; to stay; to delay.

Flagging :: Flagging (a.) Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying..

Downright :: Downright (adv.) Without delay; at once; completely.

Soon :: Soon (adv.) Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.

Detention :: Detention (n.) The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.

Stave :: Stave (n.) To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project..

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty..

Dally :: Dally (v. t.) To delay unnecessarily; to while away.

Demurrage :: Demurrage (n.) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.

Away :: Away (adv.) On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away..

Postpone :: Postpone (v. t.) To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely..

Forslow :: Forslow (v. t.) To delay; to hinder; to neglect; to put off.