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delay - verb

  1. To put off until a later time: adjourn, defer, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, stay, suspend, table, waive. Informal wait. See do.
  2. To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired: detain, hang up, hold up, lag, retard, set back, slow(down or up), stall. See help. time.
  3. To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered: dally, dawdle, dilly-dally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, poke, procrastinate, tarry, trail. See fast.

delay - noun

  1. The act of putting off or the condition of being put off: adjournment, deferment, deferral, postponement, stay, suspension, waiver. See time.
  2. The condition or fact of being made late or slow: detainment, holdup, lag, retardation. See help. time.