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Delay

Delay Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Delay? [n] the act of delaying [n] time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" [v] slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" [v] cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather" [v] stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" [v] act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Delay: check \| hold \| hold up \| holdup \| postponement \| retard \| time lag \| wait Related Terms \| Find terms related to Delay: abide \| adjourn \| afterthought \| arrest \| arrestation \| arrestment \| await \| backpedal \| backwater \| be a sideliner \| be still \| bide \| bide the issue \| bind \| block \| blockage \| blocking \| bog down \| bottle up \| brake \| bureaucratic delay \| check \| clip the wings \| clogging \| closing up \| closure \| coast \| confine \| constriction \| continue \| countercheck \| cramp \| curb \| dally \| dam up \| damp \| dampen \| dawdle \| dawdling \| decelerate \| deceleration \| defer \| deferment \| deferral \| delayage \| delayed reaction \| detain \| detainment \| detention \| dilly \| dillydally \| do nothing \| double take \| drag \| drag along \| drag out \| dragging \| draw rein \| drift \| drone \| ease off \| ease up \| ease-off \| ease-up \| extend \| falter \| fixation \| flag \| flagging \| foot-dragging \| gap \| goof off \| halt \| hampering \| hang about \| hang around \| hang back \| hang fire \| hang up \| hang-up \| hesitate \| hiatus \| hibernate \| hinder \| hindering \| hindrance \| hold back \| hold everything \| hold in check \| hold off \| hold on \| hold over \| hold up \| hold your horses \| holdback \| holdup \| hold-up \| idle \| impede \| impediment \| inhibit \| inhibition \| interference \| interim \| interlude \| intermeddle \| intermit \| interrupt \| interruption \| interval \| intervene \| jam \| keep \| keep back \| keep in check \| lacuna \| lag \| lag behind \| lagging \| lay aside \| lay away \| lay by \| lay over \| let \| let down \| let up \| letdown \| letup \| lie dormant \| linger \| logjam \| loiter \| loitering \| lollygag \| lose ground \| lose momentum \| lose speed \| lull \| make late \| mark time \| meddle \| minus acceleration \| mire \| moderate \| moratorium \| mull \| negativism \| not budge \| not stir \| nuisance value \| obstruct \| obstruction \| obstructionism \| occlusion \| oppose \| opposition \| paperasserie \| pause \| pigeonhole \| poke \| poke along \| postpone \| postponement \| procrastinate \| prolong \| prorogate \| prorogue \| protract \| push aside \| put aside \| put away \| put in mothballs \| put off \| put on ice \| recess \| red tape \| red-tapeism \| red-tapery \| reef \| rein in \| relax \| repress \| repression \| reprieve \| reserve \| resist \| resistance \| respite \| rest \| restrain \| restraint \| restriction \| retard \| retardance \| retardation \| retardment \| scotch \| set aside \| set back \| set by \| setback \| shelve \| shift off \| shilly-shally \| shilly-shallying \| sideline \| sit back \| sit it out \| sit tight \| sit up \| slack off \| slack up \| slacken \| slackening \| slack-up \| sleep on \| slow \| slow down \| slow up \| slowdown \| slowing \| slowing down \| slowness \| slowup \| slow-up \| snub \| squeeze \| stagnate \| stall \| stand over \| stave off \| stay \| stay of execution \| stay up \| stick around \| stop \| stoppage \| store \| stow \| stranglehold \| stretch out \| stricture \| suppress \| suppression \| suspend \| suspension \| table \| table the motion \| take a recess \| take in sail \| take time \| tarry \| tarrying \| temporize \| throttle down \| tie-up \| time lag \| trail \| vacillate \| vegetate \| wait \| wait a minute \| wait and see \| waiting \| waive \| waste time \| watch and wait \| waver See Also \| alter \| break \| break \| buy time \| catch \| change \| cunctation \| dalliance \| dampen \| dawdling \| decelerate \| defer \| deferment \| deferral \| delay \| demurrage \| detain \| dillydally \| dilly-dally \| disruption \| drag one's feet \| extension \| filibuster \| forbearance \| gap \| hesitate \| hold back \| hold off \| hold over \| inactivity \| intermission \| interruption \| interruption \| lag \| lingering \| moratorium \| pause \| pause \| postpone \| postponement \| procrastinate \| procrastination \| prorogue \| put off \| put over \| remit \| retardation \| retardation \| set back \| shelve \| shillyshally \| shillyshally \| slow \| slow down \| slow up \| slowdown \| stall \| stall \| stay \| suspension \| table \| tarriance \| trifling \| wait \| wasting time Delay In Webster's Dictionary \Delay"\, n.; pl. {Delays}. [F. d['e]lai, fr. OF. deleer to delay, or fr. L. dilatum, which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of differre to carry apart, defer, delay. See {Tolerate}, and cf. {Differ}, {Delay}, v.] A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat. --Acts xxv. 17. The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day. --Macaulay. \Delay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delaying}.] [OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun d['e]lai, or directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put off. See {Delay}, n., and cf. {Delate}, 1st {Defer}, {Dilate}.] 1. To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before. My lord delayeth his coming. --Matt. xxiv. 48. 2. 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. Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. --Milton. 3. To allay; to temper. [Obs.] The watery showers delay the raging wind. --Surrey. \De*lay"\, v. i. To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas, . . . beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten. --Locke.

Delay Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Delay?

[n] the act of delaying
[n] time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
[v] slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
[v] cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"
[v] stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
[v] act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"

Delay In Webster's Dictionary

\De*lay"\, n.; pl. {Delays}. [F. d['e]lai, fr. OF. deleer
to delay, or fr. L. dilatum, which, though really from a
different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of
differre to carry apart, defer, delay. See {Tolerate}, and
cf. {Differ}, {Delay}, v.]
A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering
inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

      Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment
      seat.                                    --Acts xxv.
                                               17.

      The government ought to be settled without the delay of
      a day.                                   --Macaulay.


\De*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Delaying}.] [OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun d['e]lai, or
directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put
off. See {Delay}, n., and cf. {Delate}, 1st {Defer},
{Dilate}.]
1. To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the
   time of or before.

         My lord delayeth his coming.          --Matt. xxiv.
                                               48.

2. 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.

         Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed The
         huddling brook to hear his madrigal.  --Milton.

3. To allay; to temper. [Obs.]

         The watery showers delay the raging wind. --Surrey.


\De*lay"\, v. i.
To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.

      There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and
      slowness of the succession of those ideas, . . . beyond
      which they can neither delay nor hasten. --Locke.

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