Linger - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 14/12/2023

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Linger.

3 letter answer(s) to linger

LAG
  1. cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"
  2. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
  3. 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"
  4. one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
  5. the act of slowing down or falling behind
  6. the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"
  7. throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins

4 letter answer(s) to linger

STAY
  1. (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
  2. a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted; "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"
  3. a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
  4. continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
  5. continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"
  6. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
  7. fasten with stays
  8. hang on during a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm"

5 letter answer(s) to linger

TARRY
  1. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
  2. having the characteristics of pitch or tar
  3. leave slowly and hesitantly

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