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"
slow the growth or development of;
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"
stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"
END
the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"
be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end"
the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means"
the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town"
either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix"
the surfac
STASIS
inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces
an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped
Medical term for a stagnation in the normal flow of bodily fluids