• v.
    ⦿cause to be slowed down or delayed
    lexical concept
  • Traffic was delayed by the bad weather
  • she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:delay
  2. enl:detain
  3. enl:hold up
wn:interlingual indexili:i24018
wn:eq synonymdn:forsinke§1

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • detainhold up
  • delaydetainhold up