Delay

What do we mean by delay?

To postpone until a later time; defer. intransitive verb

To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired. intransitive verb

To act or move slowly; put off an action or a decision. intransitive verb

The act of delaying; postponement. noun

The condition of being delayed; detainment. noun

The period of time during which one is delayed. noun

The interval of time between two events. noun

To alloy; dilute; temper; soften; weaken.

A putting off; a deferring; an extension of the time; postponement; procrastination: as, the delay of trial. noun

A lingering; loitering; stay; hindrance to progress. noun

To put off; defer; postpone; remit to a later time, as something to be done.

To retard; stop, detain, or hinder for a time; obstruct or impede the course or progress of: as, the mail is delayed by bad roads.

To linger; move slowly; stop for a time; loiter; be dilatory.

To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before. transitive verb

To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of. transitive verb

To allay; to temper. transitive verb

To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. intransitive verb

A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. noun

To put off until a later time; to distract. verb

To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time. verb

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.

Words that are spelled similarly to delay:
delay, relay, decay, belay, denay, delly, dela, deray, delray, delany, dely, delap, demay, odelay, dulay, velay.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word delay:
delays, onset, packet, pulse, delayed, echo, signal, advance, implementation, input, caused, payment, delivery, clock, seconds, execution, frequency, completion.

Words that rhyme with delay:
day, away, way, lay, play, bay, say, resume, grey, pay, convey, gray, relay, array, cache, survey, ray, sway, slay, display, dismay, may, stay, holiday, fray, re, gay, cliche, waylay, dossier, buffet, cafe, essay, fiance, gourmet, everyday, allay, leeway, prey, clay, fillet, inlay, decay, k, fey, overlay, melee, gainsay, betray, stray, ok, quay, dna, underway, valet, portray, spray, sobriquet, weigh, entree, soiree, pray, asea, passe, yea, sunday, they, bouquet, protege, okay, yay, jay, astray, lei, latte, halfway, gateway, ballet, heyday, tray, friday, hay, obey, j, bray, anyway, x-ray, disarray, lingerie, railway, nay, mainstay, today, repay, sachet, splay, usa, birthday, vertebrae, hey.

Adjectives that are often used to describe delay:
further, long, little, much, developmental, considerable, short, unnecessary, possible, undue, more, average, longer, slight, time, significant, unreasonable, minimum, brief, total, maximum, least, additional, year, end, minute, unavoidable, hour, month, day, initial, serious, mean, variable, inordinate, less, constitutional, prolonged, constant, minimal, unexpected, excessive, consequent, week, necessary, substantial, trip, synaptic, fixed, overall, slightest, inevitable, relative, temporary, marked, lengthy, extra, needless, usual, fatal, rotational, indefinite, unusual, avoidable, apparent, differential, reasonable, temporal, protracted, longest, shorter, interminable, shortest, vexatious, appreciable, tedious, resulting, momentary, random, induced.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective delay:
time, lines, line, times, distortion, analysis, rentals, period, absorption, entry, effects, spread, elements, variation, damages, results, characteristics, administration, effect, action, activity, costs, models, claims, allowances, figure, doppler, equations, circuits, surgery, jitter, tactics, treatment, testing, systems, networks, conditioning, reduction, goyet, values, based, intervals, lock, clause, counts, rule, faults, factors, element, gratification, interval, performance, measurements, function, relays, circuit, distribution, caps, detonators, signing, model, equalizer, fig, increases, control, rental, payment, sum, fuses, breeds, minimization, forseconds, angle, allowance, means, tolerant, procedures, estimation, unit, equalization, functions, parameter, teaching, requirements, calculation, techniques, procedure, diversity, reports, difference, locked, variations, delivery, lama, verb, modulation.

Consonant match to delay:
duly, daily, dollar, deli, dealer, dolly, dally, doily, doula, dooley, dilly, dali, dolor, delhi, dully, duller, dalai, della, daly, doyley, dailey, dalo, daley, dela, dooly, dollie, dolley, diller, dula, doolie, delo, dawley, dalla, deeley, dilley, dillie, deller, dillow, dowler, deloo, delee, dalley, deely, durley, dealy, dehler, d le, d lie, d low, da le, da lei, da li, da lo, dahl e, dahler, dai li, dai lo, daily e, dal i, dale a, dale e, dale he, dao lee, day lay, day lee, day low, dayley, de le, de li, de lo, deal a, deal he, deal her, deal i, deal o, dealey, deel i, deily, del a, del ay, del e, del le, del o, delao, dell a, delo o, der lee, der loo, des le, deux le, dew lay, dhali, di le, di li, do lay, do lie, do low, dole a, doley, doll a.

Words that sound like delay:
delay, dilly, dalai, dillow, dilley, dila, dillie, dili, dilli, deli, delhi, della, dela, dully, delly, dele, delo, delli, dello, delee, dli, daily, dolly, delayed, dill, dally, delays, dolo, dali, duly, dailey, dil, daly, dooley, daley, dealy, doily, doula, dollie, dala, dills, dalla, dyl, dula, dola, dolley, dooly, dils, delaine, dilo, deely, doly, dalo, dille, delayer, deeley, doli, de la, doolie, dawley, doyley, dilday, dalli, doyly, dilg, dalu, dolli, dowly, tilly, tila, tilley, tillie, tili, tillow, dull, dealt, dell, delve, delt, del, dle, dulce, dells, dul, dulls, dels, delray, dulse, delk, delle, dulle, dals, del ray, dhl, del rey, duhl, dulc, dinghy, da, daal.