Crossword-Solution: DELAY
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Delay | v. | A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. |
| Delay | n. | To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before. |
| Delay | n. | 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. |
| Delay | n. | To allay; to temper. |
| Delay | v. i. | To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DELAY | anagram | DALEY, DAYLE, LEADY, YAELD |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
EARA
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with DELAY (5)
But first he casts to change his proper shape, Which else might work him danger or delay: And now a stripling Cherube he appeers, Not of the prime, yet such as in his face Youth smil’d Celestial, and to every Limb Sutable grace diffus’d, so well he feignd; Under a Coronet his flowing haire In curles on either cheek plaid, wings he wore Of many a colourd plume sprinkl’d with Gold, His habit fit for speed succinct, and held Before his decent steps a Silver wand.
This was a triumph; and had it come naturally, such a triumph would have been the sweeter to her for this piquing delay.
Say, friends, can any look or voice Or touch of love henceforth my heart rejoice? Haste, friends, no fond delay, Take the twice cursed away Far from all ken, The man abhorred of gods, accursed of men.
Mel never wrote time-delay loops, either, even when the balky Flexowriter required a delay between output characters to work right.
Retransmis- sion algorithms do adapt to the delay of the network -18- after a few packets, but 4.2's adapts slowly in delay situations.
Quotes with DELAY (3)
Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
Do you feel that you are in a complicated situation today when nothing seems to be going right for you? Are you bewildered or baffled by what is happening around you? Relax! God always has our well being in mind. Reach out to Him, pray with all your heart, talk to Him about your fears, share your worries with Him and you will feel much lighter. You may even see the purpose of your present situation. A lady was having her breakfast, her 7 year old daughter, who was in a playfu…
There is a very old saying that says, "Strike the iron when its hot". So start working on the idea when its young. The more you delay the execution of your idea, more will be your drop in enthusiasm and lesser will be your chances for its success.
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Appears in: AARP, Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Daily Beast, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, Slate, The Atlantic, TIME, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 184 times in crossword archives (1953–2025).