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41tarry — v 1. remain, stay, sojourn, abide; continue, stop, rest; dwell, reside, live, bide, house, take up quarters, pitch tent, settle, anchor, put down stakes, plant oneself, be established. 2. delay, linger, loiter, dawdle, lag, dally, be tardy, hang… …
42delay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. put off, retard, defer, postpone; linger, dally, loiter, procrastinate. n. postponement, stay; procrastination. See lateness, slowness, hindrance, durability. Ant., hasten. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …
43wait — [n] pause, delay down, downtime*, halt, hold*, hold up, interim, interval, on hold*, rest, stay, time wasted*; concept 807 Ant. act, continuation, doing wait [v] pause, rest abide, anticipate, await, bide, bide one’s time*, cool it*, dally, delay …
44temporize — v 1. procrastinate, delay, pause, hang back; wait, play a waiting game, hesitate, Inf. drag one s feet, Inf. footdrag, put off, gain time, play for time, sleep on it; hold off, hold [s.t.] up, lay [s.t.] over, refrain from further action, let the …
45wait — 1. verb 1) Jill waited while Jack fetched the water Syn: stay (put), remain, rest, stop, halt, pause; linger, loiter, dally; informal stick around, hang out, hang around, kill time, waste time, kick one s heels, twiddle one s thumbs; archaic… …
46Detraction — • The unjust damaging of another s good name by the revelation of some fault or crime of which that other is really guilty or at any rate is seriously believed to be guilty by the defamer Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Detraction …
47wait — 1. verb 1) we ll wait in the airport Syn: stay (put), remain, rest, stop, halt, pause, linger, loiter; informal stick around 2) she had to wait until her bags arrived Syn: stand by, hold back …
48wait — v 1. stay, rest, remain, abide; linger, loiter, tarry; await, wait for, Dial. wait on; stand by, Inf. hang around or about, Inf. stick around; pause, hesitate, hover, hold back, hang back, bide one s time; hold one s horses, Inf. sit tight, Sl.… …
49low — low1 lowish, adj. lowness, n. /loh/, adj., lower, lowest, adv., lower, lowest, n. adj. 1. situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf …
50sit — sit1 /sit/, v., sat or (Archaic) sate; sat or (Archaic) sitten; sitting. v.i. 1. to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated. 2. to be located or situated: The house sits well up on the slope …
