Dictionary Entry
delay
delay is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as verb, noun, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1verb
A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
- 2noun
To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
- 3noun
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.
- 4noun
To allay; to temper.
- 5intransitive verb
To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.
- 6noun
the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
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- 7noun
time during which some action is awaited
"instant replay caused too long a delay"
"he ordered a hold in the action"
Synonyms
- 8verb
slow the growth or development of
"The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
- 9verb
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"
Synonyms
- 10verb
stop or halt
"Please stay the bloodshed!"
- 11verb
act later than planned, scheduled, or required
"Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"
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