Delay: alternatives and connections

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.

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The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.

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The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

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To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of…

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imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

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To watch; to observe; to take notice.

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Delay; procrastination.

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The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play.

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of Dawdle

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The act of delaying; postponement.

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The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing.

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The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks…

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The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expa…

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A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American c…

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The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.

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An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or…

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The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

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Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.

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of Linger

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The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay.

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The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness.

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The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration.

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The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness.

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of Trifle

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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

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To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

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To keep back or from; to withhold.

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To loiter or trifle; to waste time.

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To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer…

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A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

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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…

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To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance.

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To protract; to prolong; to extend.

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To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

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To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

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A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for on…

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A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

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A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.

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The state of being backward.

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The state of being backward.

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To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of…

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To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of…

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A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

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A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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To keep back or from; to withhold.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay.

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To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of…

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A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

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To watch; to observe; to take notice.

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To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

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To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

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