Found 4 items, similar to delaying.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: delay
menunda
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: delay
berayal, deponir, kelambatan, membatalkan, memperlalaikan, menunda, menunda-nunda, penundaan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: delay
delay
n 1: time during which some action is awaited;
“instant replay
caused too long a delay”;
“he ordered a hold in the
action” [syn:
hold,
time lag,
postponement,
wait]
2: the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being
put off until a later time [syn:
holdup]
v 1: 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” [syn:
detain,
hold up] [ant:
rush]
2: act later than planned, scheduled, or required;
“Don't delay
your application to graduate school or else it won't be
considered”
3: stop or halt;
“Please stay the bloodshed!” [syn:
stay,
detain]
4: slow the growth or development of;
“The brain damage will
retard the child's language development” [syn:
check,
retard]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Delaying
Delay
\De*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Delayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Delaying.] [OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun d['e]lai, or
directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put
off. See
Delay, n., and cf.
Delate, 1st
Defer,
Dilate.]
1. To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the
time of or before.
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My lord delayeth his coming. --Matt. xxiv.
48.
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2. 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.
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Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed
The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. --Milton.
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3. To allay; to temper. [Obs.]
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The watery showers delay the raging wind. --Surrey.
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