Word Definition
Delay
- 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.
- To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
- A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
- To allay; to temper.
- To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.