| delay | | |
| n. (time) | 1. delay, hold, postponement, time lag, wait | time during which some action is awaited.; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" |
| ~ pause, intermission, suspension, interruption, break | a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something. |
| ~ extension | a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt.; "they applied for an extension of the loan" |
| ~ moratorium | a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged. |
| ~ retardation | the extent to which something is delayed or held back. |
| n. (act) | 2. delay, holdup | the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time. |
| ~ disruption, interruption, gap, break | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity.; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" |
| ~ inactivity | being inactive; being less active. |
| ~ demurrage | detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure. |
| ~ forbearance | a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting.; "his forbearance to reply was alarming" |
| ~ deferment, deferral, postponement | act of putting off to a future time. |
| ~ cunctation, procrastination, shillyshally | the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time. |
| ~ lag, slowdown, retardation | the act of slowing down or falling behind. |
| ~ dalliance, dawdling, trifling | the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working. |
| ~ filibuster | (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches. |
| ~ lingering, tarriance | the act of tarrying. |
| v. (change) | 3. delay, detain, hold up | 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" |
| ~ decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard | lose velocity; move more slowly.; "The car decelerated" |
| ~ stonewall | engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate.; "The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist" |
| ~ catch | delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned.; "I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting" |
| ~ stall | deliberately delay an event or action.; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling" |
| ~ buy time | act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage. |
| v. (stative) | 4. delay | act later than planned, scheduled, or required.; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" |
| ~ pause, hesitate | interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing.; "The speaker paused" |
| ~ hold off, wait, hold back | wait before acting.; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment" |
| ~ dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, stall, shillyshally | postpone doing what one should be doing.; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" |
| ~ procrastinate | postpone or delay needlessly.; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late" |
| ~ defer, postpone, prorogue, put off, set back, shelve, table, put over, remit, hold over | hold back to a later time.; "let's postpone the exam" |
| v. (change) | 5. delay, detain, stay | stop or halt.; "Please stay the bloodshed!" |
| ~ retard, delay, check | slow the growth or development of.; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" |
| v. (change) | 6. check, delay, retard | slow the growth or development of.; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ dampen | check; keep in check (a fire). |
| ~ detain, delay, stay | stop or halt.; "Please stay the bloodshed!" |
| stall | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. stall | a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed. |
| ~ compartment | a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area. |
| ~ horse barn, stable, stalls | a farm building for housing horses or other livestock. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. booth, cubicle, kiosk, stall | small area set off by walls for special use. |
| ~ closet | a small private room for study or prayer. |
| ~ confessional | a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions. |
| ~ polling booth | a temporary booth in a polling place which people enter to cast their votes. |
| ~ prompt box, prompter's box | a booth projecting above the floor in the front of a stage where the prompter sits; opens toward the performers on stage. |
| ~ shower bath, shower stall | booth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroom. |
| ~ call box, phone booth, telephone booth, telephone box, telephone kiosk | booth for using a telephone. |
| ~ tolbooth, tollbooth, tollhouse | a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls. |
| ~ voting booth | a booth in which a person can cast a private vote. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. sales booth, stall, stand | a booth where articles are displayed for sale. |
| ~ booth | a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment. |
| ~ coffee stall | a stand (usually movable) selling hot coffee and food (especially at night). |
| ~ newsstand | a stall where newspapers and other periodicals are sold. |
| n. (event) | 4. stall | a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge.; "the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it" |
| ~ malfunction | a failure to function normally. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. stall | seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater. |
| ~ seating, seating area, seating room, seats | an area that includes places where several people can sit.; "there is seating for 40 students in this classroom" |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall | small individual study area in a library. |
| ~ alcove, bay | a small recess opening off a larger room. |
| ~ depository library, library | a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study. |
| n. (act) | 7. stall, stalling | a tactic used to mislead or delay. |
| ~ obstruction | the act of obstructing.; "obstruction of justice" |
| ~ stonewalling | stalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperate. |
| v. (stative) | 8. dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall | postpone doing what one should be doing.; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" |
| ~ delay | act later than planned, scheduled, or required.; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" |
| ~ procrastinate | postpone or delay needlessly.; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late" |
| v. (motion) | 9. conk, stall | come to a stop.; "The car stalled in the driveway" |
| ~ driving | the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal. |
| ~ stop, halt | come to a halt, stop moving.; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window" |
| v. (change) | 10. stall | deliberately delay an event or action.; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling" |
| ~ delay, detain, hold up | 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" |
| v. (social) | 11. stall | put into, or keep in, a stall.; "Stall the horse" |
| ~ shelter | provide shelter for.; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people" |
| v. (motion) | 12. stall | experience a stall in flight, of airplanes. |
| ~ air travel, aviation, air | travel via aircraft.; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" |
| ~ stop, halt | come to a halt, stop moving.; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window" |
| v. (motion) | 13. stall | cause an airplane to go into a stall. |
| ~ air travel, aviation, air | travel via aircraft.; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" |
| ~ stop | cause to stop.; "stop a car"; "stop the thief" |
| v. (motion) | 14. stall | cause an engine to stop.; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car" |
| ~ stop | cause to stop.; "stop a car"; "stop the thief" |
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