delay

Words with a similar base: delay

'delay'

[delay.n.01] as in: time during which some action is awaited

Examples:
instant replay caused too long a delay
he ordered a hold in the action

delay, delay, delay, delay, stay, check, clasp, appreciation, hold, detention, hold, hold, handle, cargo_area, keep, hold, hold, have, deem, harbor, restrain, retain, bear, hold, hold, accommodate, hold, hold, prevail, hold, hold, contain, reserve, defend, oblige, hold, hold, defy, apply, hold, control, hold, hold, halt, hold, carry, hold, declare, agree, hold, postponement, wait, wait, wait, expect, wait

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pause, entity

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retardation, extension, moratorium

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accommodate, agree, apply, appreciation, bear, cargo_area, carry, check, clasp, contain, control, declare, deem, defend, defy, delay, detention, halt, handle, harbor, harmonize, have, hold, hover, keep, linger, loiter, match, oblige, prevail, reserve, restrain, retain, stay, tarry

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'delay'

[delay.n.02] as in: the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

delay, delay, delay, delay, stay, check, armed_robbery

delay, delay, delay, delay, stay, check, hold, hold_up, hold_up, survive, defy, stand_up

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inactivity, entity

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dalliance, break, filibuster, tarriance, procrastination, demurrage, slowdown, forbearance, postponement

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check, delay, hover, inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, linger, loiter, stay, tarry

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'delay'

[delay.v.01] as in: cause to be slowed down or delayed

Examples:
Traffic was delayed by the bad weather
she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform

delay, delay, delay, delay, stay, check, confine, hold, hold_up, hold_up, survive, defy, stand_up

delay, delay, delay, delay, stay, check, armed_robbery

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haste, rush, rush, rush, bang, rush, rush, rush, rush, rush, rush, rush, race, induce, first-come-first-serve, rush

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decelerate, change

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buy_time, stonewall, stall, catch

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act, adhere, affect, apprenticed, auction_block, bandaged, bang, barricade, be_active, bind, blame, blasted, block, blockage, blocking, bounce, bound, boundary, change, charge, check, club, confine, constipate, decelerate, deepen, delay, depart, deviate, enclose, enforce, engine_block, exchange, first-come-first-serve, forget, freeze, go, haste, hostel, hover, incrimination, induce, jam, jump, leap, leave, limit, linger, lodge, loiter, motion, motivate, move, oblige, obstruct, parry, pulley, race, restrain, restrict, rush, sidetrack, stay, stop, stuff, switch, tarry, tie, tie_down, transfer, travel, unfree, variety

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'delay'

[delay.v.02] as in: act later than planned, scheduled, or required

Examples:
Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered

delay, delay, delay, delay, stay, check

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wait, act

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procrastinate, procrastinate, hesitate, postpone

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act, check, consume, delay, devour, dissemble, hover, linger, loiter, stay, tarry, work

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'delay'

[stay.v.06] as in: stop or halt

Examples:
Please stay the bloodshed!

stay, arrest, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, bide, stay, stay, stay, persist, last_out, stay, stay, quell, confine, delay, delay, delay, delay, check

stay, arrest, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, bide, stay, stay, stay, persist, last_out, stay, stay, quell, delay, delay, delay, delay, check

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check, change

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abstain, adhere, adjust, apprenticed, arrest, arrive, auction_block, bandaged, barricade, bide, bind, blame, blasted, block, blockage, blocking, bounce, bound, boundary, charge, check, club, come, confine, conform, constipate, delay, derive, do, enclose, enforce, engine_block, fall, forget, freeze, hail, hostel, hover, incrimination, issue_forth, jam, jump, last_out, leap, lie, limit, linger, lodge, loiter, oblige, obstruct, occur, parry, perch, persist, pillow, pulley, quell, refrain, remainder, respite, rest, restrain, restrict, semen, stand_still, stay, stay_in_place, stop, stuff, tarry, tie, tie_down, total, unfree

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'delay'

[check.v.07] as in: slow the growth or development of

Examples:
The brain damage will retard the child's language development

check, assay, check, arrest, confirmation, check, check_mark, hindrance, check, check, bridle, check, check, check, check, see, control, check, check, check, check, match, check, discipline, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, determine, check, check, check, crack, idiot, retard, retard, decelerate, delay, delay, delay, delay, stay

idiot, retard, retard, check, decelerate, deceleration, retardation, retardant, retardation, slowdown, delay, delay, delay, delay, stay

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change

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stay, dampen

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agree, check, decelerate, deceleration, delay, harmonize, hover, linger, loiter, match, stay, tarry

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Origins

					delay (English)
├── delaien (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   └── delaier (Anglo-Norman)
└── délayer (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))

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