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delay

vb

1 tr to put off to a later time; defer

2 tr to slow up, hinder, or cause to be late; detain

3 intr to be irresolute or put off doing something; procrastinate

4 intr to linger; dawdle
n

5 the act or an instance of delaying or being delayed

6    the interval between one event and another; lull; interlude
     (C13: from Old French delaier, from des- off + laier, variant of laissier to leave, from Latin laxare to loosen, from laxus slack, lax)
♦   delayer      n

delay line
n a device in which a known delay time is introduced in the transmission of a signal. An acoustic delay line delays a sound wave by circulating it through a liquid or solid medium

Diccionario Inglés definición

delay

1
vb beat about the bush, defer, hold over, play for time, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, protract, put off, put on the back burner (informal) shelve, stall, suspend, table, take a rain check on (U.S. & Canad. informal) temporize

2
n deferment, postponement, procrastination, stay, suspension

3
vb arrest, bog down, check, detain, halt, hinder, hold back, hold up, impede, obstruct, retard, set back, slow up, stop, throw a spanner in the words

4
n check, detention, hindrance, hold-up, impediment, interruption, interval, obstruction, setback, stoppage, wait

5
vb dawdle, dilly-dally (informal) drag, drag one's feet or heels (informal) lag, linger, loiter, tarry

6
      n   dawdling, dilly-dallying     (informal)   lingering, loitering, tarrying

Antonyms
,       vb   accelerate, advance, dispatch, expedite, facilitate, forward, hasten, hurry, precipitate, press, promote, quicken, rush, speed (up), urge

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delay action, delay line, delayer, delayering

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