WordWeb Online

1. 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";
   - detain, hold up
    
2. Act later than planned, scheduled, or required
   "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"
    
3. Stop or halt
   - stay, detain
    
4. Slow the growth or development of
   "The brain damage will delay the child's language development";
   - check, retard

1. Time during which some action is awaited
   "instant replay caused too long a delay";
   - hold, time lag, postponement, wait
    
2. The act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
   - holdup

Derived forms: delays, delaying, delayed

See also: keep

Type of: alter, break, change, decelerate, hold back, hold off, inactivity, intermission, interruption, modify, pause, retard, slow, slow down, slow up, suspension, wait

Encyclopedia: Delay