vverb.changecause to be slowed down or delayedSynset:delay detain hold up
Examples:- Traffic was delayed by the bad weather
- she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform
Antonyms:rush
Derivationally Related Form:delayholdup
Hypernyms:decelerate retard slow slow down slow up
Inherited Hypernyms:delaydeceleratedecreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:buy timecatchstallstonewall
Full Troponyms:buy timecatchstallstonewall
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.stativeact later than planned, scheduled, or requiredExamples:- Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered
Derivationally Related Form:delay
Hypernyms:hold back hold off wait
Inherited Hypernyms:delaywaitact
Direct Hyponyms:deferdilly-dallydillydallydrag one's feetdrag one's heelshesitatehold overpausepostponeprocrastinateprorogueput offput overremitset backshelveshillyshallystalltable
Full Troponyms:callhem and hawhesitateholdpostponeprobateprocrastinatereprievescruplesuspend
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- a long time (apply to: delay)
vverb.changestop or haltSynset:delay detain stay
Examples:- Please stay the bloodshed!
Derivationally Related Form:delaystay
Hypernyms:check delay retard
Inherited Hypernyms:staycheckchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changeslow the growth or development ofSynset:check delay retard
Examples:- The brain damage will retard the child's language development
Derivationally Related Form:delayretardationretard
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:checkchange
Direct Hyponyms:dampendelaydetainstay
Full Troponyms:dampenstay
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allnot as far along as normal in developmentAntonyms:precocious
Inherited Hypernyms:delayed
Similar to:retarded