Linger: alternatives and connections

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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To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motiv…

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To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtract…

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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 small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.

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To watch; to observe; to take notice.

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To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

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To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

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To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty.

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One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.

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One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.

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of Linger

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of Linger

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To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.

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A cover; a shelter; a protection.

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Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.

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To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind.

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To spend time aimlessly or lazily

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To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.

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To lie hid; to lie in wait.

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Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.

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