delayed

Verb (1)

delay (third-person singular simple present delays, present participle delaying, simple past and past participle delayed)

1. (transitive) To put off until a later time; to defer.
   • My lord delayeth his coming.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 24:48

   Synonyms:

   adjourn, defer, forslow, penelopize, postpone, put off, put on ice, suspend, waive, wait

2. (transitive) To retard; to temporarily stop, detain, or hinder.
   • The mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.

   Synonyms:

   belate

3. (intransitive) To wait, hesitate, tarry.
   • Don't delay; this special offer ends at midnight!

   Synonyms:

   procrastinate

4. (obsolete, transitive) To allay; to temper.
   • The watery showers delay the raging wind.a. 1547, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, The faithful Lover declareth his Pains and his uncertain Joys, and with only Hope recomforteth somewhat his woful Heart

   Synonyms:

   calm

Verb (2)

delay (third-person singular simple present delays, present participle delaying, simple past and past participle delayed)

1. (obsolete) To dilute, temper.
2. (obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay.
   • Those dreadfull flames she also found delayd / And quenched quite like a consumed torch […].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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