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has gloss | (verb) 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" delay, hold up, detain |
lexicalization | eng: delay |
lexicalization | eng: detain |
lexicalization | eng: hold up |
subclass of | (verb) lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" slow up, slow, decelerate, retard, slow down |
has subclass | (verb) engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate; "The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist" stonewall |
has subclass | (verb) delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned; "I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting" catch |
has subclass | (verb) deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling" stall |
has subclass | (verb) act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage buy time |
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Bulgarian | |
lexicalization | bul: забавям |
Esperanto | |
lexicalization | epo: prokrasti |
lexicalization | epo: malfruigi |
Basque | |
lexicalization | eus: atzeratu |
Finnish | |
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lexicalization | fin: viivyttää |
French | |
lexicalization | fra: retenir |
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lexicalization | fra: arriérer |
Galician | |
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lexicalization | glg: adiar |
Italian | |
lexicalization | ita: ritardare |
Dutch | |
lexicalization | nld: vertragen |
Portuguese | |
lexicalization | por: atrasar |
Russian | |
lexicalization | rus: задерживать |
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lexicalization | rus: промедлить |
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opposite | (verb) urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!" rush, hurry |
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