tarrying
111tarry — tarries, tarrying, tarried (The verb is pronounced [[t]tæ̱ri[/t]]. The adjective is pronounced [[t]tɑ͟ːri[/t]].) 1) VERB If you tarry somewhere, you stay there longer than you meant to and delay leaving. [OLD FASHIONED] Two old boys tarried on… …
112lagging — lag·ging || lægɪŋ n. lateness; falling behind; act of lingering; act of insulating; insulating material adj. falling behind, straggling; lingering, tarrying; slackening; slow, idle, slack læg n. slowness; lateness; delay, lingering;… …
113tarry — tarry1 [ tα:ri] adjective (tarrier, tarriest) resembling or covered with tar. Derivatives tarriness noun tarry2 [ tari] verb (tarries, tarrying …
114tarriance — n. Stay, delay, tarrying, lateness …
115touch at — Arrive at (without tarrying) …
116waiting — n. 1. Staying, delaying, tarrying. 2. Expectation, abeyance …
117delay — I. v. a. 1. Defer, postpone, procrastinate, put off, stave off, let lie over. 2. Detain, hinder, retard, stop, impede. II. v. n. Linger, tarry, stop, procrastinate. III. n. 1. Procrastination, postponement, deferring, the Fabian policy, masterly… …
118continuance — *continuation, continuity Analogous words: endurance, persistence, lasting (see corresponding verbs at CONTINUE): perseverance, persistence (see corresponding verbs at PERSEVERE): remaining, staying, tarrying (see STAY) …
119delay — v 1. defer, postpone, suspend, table, shelve, Sl. put on the shelf, pigeonhole, prorogue; hold off, hold up, lay over, refrain from further action, hold in abeyance, put in cold storage, put on ice, put on a back burner, hang fire, put in a… …
120dilatory — adj 1. procrastinating, postponing, deferring, tabling, shelving; slow, lagging, laggard, sluggish, backward; dallying, dillydallying, shillyshallying, idling; lingering, loitering, dawdling, tarrying, Chiefly Brit. pottering; lackadaisical,… …
