ALL meanings of delay
de·lay
D d - verb delay If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later. 3
- verb delay To delay someone or something means to make them late or to slow them down. 3
- verb delay If you delay, you deliberately take longer than necessary to do something. 3
- variable noun delay If there is a delay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected. 3
- uncountable noun delay Delay is a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time. 3
- verb delay to put off to a later time; defer 3
- verb delay to slow up, hinder, or cause to be late; detain 3
- verb delay to be irresolute or put off doing something; procrastinate 3
- verb delay to linger; dawdle 3
- noun delay the act or an instance of delaying or being delayed 3
- noun delay the interval between one event and another; lull; interlude 3
- verb transitive delay to put off to a future time; postpone 3
- verb transitive delay to make late; slow up; detain 3
- intransitive verb delay to stop for a while; linger 3
- noun delay a delaying or being delayed 3
- noun delay the period of time for which something is delayed 3
- verb with object delay to put off to a later time; defer; postpone: The pilot delayed the flight until the weather cleared. 1
- verb with object delay to impede the process or progress of; retard; hinder: The dense fog delayed the plane's landing. 1
- noun delay Make (someone or something) late or slow. 1
- verb without object delay to put off action; linger; loiter: He delayed until it was too late. 1
- noun delay the act of delaying; procrastination; loitering. 1
- noun delay an instance of being delayed: There were many delays during the train trip. 1
- noun delay the period or amount of time during which something is delayed: The ballet performance began after a half-hour delay. 1
- transitive verb delay cause to be late 1
- noun delay action of deferral 1
- noun delay time delayed 1
- intransitive verb delay procrastinate 1
- intransitive verb delay dawdle, linger 1
- transitive verb delay postpone 1
- noun delay A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity. 0
- verb delay To put off until a later time; to defer. 0
- verb delay To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time. 0
- verb delay (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To allay; to temper. 0
- verb delay (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To dilute, temper. 0
- verb delay (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To assuage, quench, allay. 0