delayed

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. not as far along as normal in development
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Delay \De*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Delaying.] [OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun d['e]lai, or directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put off. See Delay, n., and cf. Delate, 1st Defer, Dilate.]

1.To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before. [1913 Webster]

My lord delayeth his coming.— Matt. xxiv. 48.[1913 Webster]

2.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. [1913 Webster]

Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.To allay; to temper. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

The watery showers delay the raging wind.— Surrey.[1913 Webster]
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