Details of word DELAY

Definition of delay

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

Word "delay" contains 5 letters : A D E L Y

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