1. Verb
A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
2. Noun
To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
3. Noun
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.
4. Noun
To allay; to temper.
5. Verb
To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.
6. Verb
cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
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