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51inactivity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of action Nouns 1. inactivity; inaction; inertness; lull, cessation (see repose); idleness, sloth, laziness, indolence, vegetation; unemployment, dilatoriness, dawdling; malingering; passiveness,… …
52trail — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. track, spoor, footprints; tire, etc., tracks; vestige, scent; path, wake; train. v. track, scent; hang; lag, dawdle, crawl, straggle; drag, draw. See slowness, pursuit. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. trace,… …
53procrastinate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. defer, pause, gain time; see delay 1 , hesitate . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. put off, stall, delay, *drag one s feet, *shilly shally, postpone, dawdle, temporize, prolong, protract, play for time. ANT.: *get cracking …
54dahlen — Vsw einfältig reden, tändeln per. Wortschatz arch. (16. Jh.) Stammwort. Daneben auch fnhd. tallen und talmen. Vgl. bei Luther ein tillens tellens und unnütz gepleuder, sowie ne. dally tändeln und dilly dally. Eine alte lautnachahmende Sippe. ✎… …
55dawdle — verb 1) they dawdled over breakfast Syn: linger, dally, take one s time, be slow, waste time, idle; delay, procrastinate, stall, dilly dally, lollygag; archaic tarry See note at loiter Ant …
56delay — 1. verb 1) we were delayed by the traffic Syn: detain, hold up, make late, slow up/down, bog down; hinder, hamper, impede, obstruct 2) they delayed no longer Syn: linger, dally …
57drop back — drop behind he dropped back and was soon lost in the crowd Syn: fall back/behind, get left behind, lag behind; straggle, linger, dawdle, dally, hang back, loiter, bring/take up the rear, dilly dally …
58take one's time — if the place were on fire, Mark would still take his time Syn: go slowly, dally, dawdle, delay, linger, drag one s feet, waste time, kill time; informal dilly dally, lollygag; archaic tarry …
59dawdle — v 1. waste time, take one s time or one s own sweet time, kill time, fritter time away; idle, trifle, finick, potter, fiddle, piddle, Inf. fiddle faddle; dally, dilly dally, procrastinate, Inf. diddle, shilly shally, vacillate. 2. loiter, poke,… …
60drivel — v 1. drool, drip saliva, slaver, slobber, slabber; sputter, splutter; snivel, sniffle. 2. babble, gibber, Sl. gibber jabber, jargon; twaddle, Brit. twattle, blather, blether, Inf. blither, drool; talk nonsense, Inf. talk through one s hat; ramble …
