| detain | | |
| v. (social) | 1. confine, detain | deprive of freedom; take into confinement. |
| ~ keep | hold and prevent from leaving.; "The student was kept after school" |
| ~ straiten | squeeze together. |
| ~ gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, put behind bars, lag, remand, put away | lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" |
| ~ intern | deprive of freedom.; "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West" |
| ~ bind over | order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her.; "The defendant was bound over for trial" |
| ~ imprison | confine as if in a prison.; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone" |
| ~ cage, cage in | confine in a cage.; "The animal was caged" |
| ~ trap, pin down | place in a confining or embarrassing position.; "He was trapped in a difficult situation" |
| ~ keep in | cause to stay indoors. |
| v. (change) | 2. 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) | 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. |
| 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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