Thesaurus: delay

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1. v. A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
2. n. To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
3. 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.
4. n. To allay; to temper.
5. v. i. To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.
6. n. time during which some action is awaited
7. n. the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
8. v. cause to be slowed down or delayed
9. v. act later than planned, scheduled, or required
10. v. stop or halt
11. v. slow the growth or development of