Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Delay.
6 letter answer(s) to delay
DETAIN
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"
deprive of freedom; take into confinement
stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
HOLDUP
robbery at gunpoint
the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
PUTOFF
a pretext for delay or inaction
RETARD
a person of subnormal intelligence
be delayed
cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate"
lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
slow the growth or development of;
3 letter answer(s) to delay
LAG
cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
the act of slowing down or falling behind
the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"
throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
13 letter answer(s) to delay
PROCRASTINATE
postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"
5 letter answer(s) to delay
STALL
a booth where articles are displayed for sale
a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge; "the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it"
a tactic used to mislead or delay
cause an airplane to go into a stall
cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"
come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway"
deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse"
seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
small area set off by walls for special u
7 letter answer(s) to delay
TIMELAG
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