1. postponement, hindrance, hold-up; stopping, lingering. postpone, hinder; linger, move slowly. delay\de*lay"\ , n.; pl. delays (#). [f. délai, fr. of. deleer to delay, or fr. l. dilatum, which, though really from a different root, is used in latin only as a p. p. neut. of differre to carry apart, defer, delay. see:
tolerate, and cf. differ, delay, v.] a putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. without any delay, on the morrow i sat on the judgment seat. xxv.
2. the government ought to be settled without the delay of a day.delay \de*lay"\, v. i. to move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. there seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas, beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten.delay \de*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. delayed ; p. pr. & vb. n. delaying.] [of. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun délai, or directly fr. l. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in ll., to put off. see:
delay, n., and cf. delate, 1st defer, dilate.].
3. to put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before. my lord delayeth his coming. xxiv.
4. 2. to retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow. thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed the huddling brook to hear his madrigal.
5. to allay; to temper. [obs.] the watery showers delay the raging wind.delay n.
6. time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" [syn: hold, time lag, postponement, wait].
7. the act of delaying [syn: holdup] v 1: cause to be slowed down or delayed; "traffic was delayed by the bad weather" [syn: detain, hold up] [ant: rush] 2: act later than planned or scheduled.
8. stop or halt; "please stay the bloodshed!" [syn: stay, detain].
9. A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
10. To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
11. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.
12. To allay; to temper.
13. To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" 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" act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered".
14. 1. If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later. For sentimental reasons I wanted to delay my departure until June So don't delay, write in now for your chance of a free gift. = postpone.
15. To delay someone or something means to make them late or to slow them down. Can you delay him in some way? The passengers were delayed for an hour. = hold up.
16. If you delay, you deliberately take longer than necessary to do something. If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.
17. If there is a delay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected. Although the tests have caused some delay, flights should be back to normal this morning. = hold-up.
18. Delay is a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time. We'll send you a quote without delay.
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