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Nouns (1)

n. (cricket) the period during which a given number of balls (6 in England but 8 in Australia) are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch

Verbs (25)

linger

v. remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"

dally, tarry, linger

v. leave slowly and hesitantly

dawdle, linger, move slowly, take one's time

v. take one's time; proceed slowly

hover, linger, move to and fro

v. move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner"

lounge, loaf, lurk, mill about, mill around, tarry, linger, footle, loiter, lollygag, lallygag, be about, mess about, hang around

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

Adverbs (8)

over

adv. at or to a point across intervening space etc.: "Come over and see us some time"; "over there"

over, throughout an area

adv. "He is known the world over"

over, across

adv. "She cannot get her ideas across"

over, o'er, throughout a period of time

adv. "Stay over the weekend"

Adjectives (7)

over

adj. (prefix) excessive: "over-abusive"; "overabusive"

over, completed, terminated, concluded, ended, all over

adj. having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

Fuzzynyms (196)

lounge, loaf, lurk, mill about, mill around, tarry, linger, footle, loiter, lollygag, lallygag, be about, mess about, hang around

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

stay, remain, persist

v. stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

stay, remain, stay on

v. 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"

stay, rest, remain, continue

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

lounge, loaf, lurk, mill about, mill around, tarry, linger, footle, loiter, lollygag, lallygag, be about, mess about, hang around

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

stay, abide, bide

v. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

lag, fall back, fall behind, dawdle

v. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

flirt, romance, mash, coquette, chat up, dally, coquet, philander, talk amorously

v. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"

poke, jab, dig, stab, prod

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

stray, sidetrack, digress, depart, straggle

v. wander from a direct or straight course

lag, fall back, fall behind, dawdle

v. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

delay, detain, hold up, cause to be late

v. 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"

poke, jab, dig, stab, prod

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

stall, procrastinate, dilly-dally, drag one's feet

v. postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"

play, flirt, toy, dally

v. behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"

delay

v. act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"

lounge, loaf, lurk, mill about, mill around, tarry, linger, footle, loiter, lollygag, lallygag, be about, mess about, hang around

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

stay, remain, persist

v. stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

stay, remain, stay on

stay, rest, remain, continue

dally, tarry, linger

v. leave slowly and hesitantly

stay, abide, bide

v. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

drag, trail, drop behind, hang back, get behind

v. to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

linger

v. remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"

stall, procrastinate, dilly-dally, drag one's feet

v. postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"

temporize

v. draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"

table, set back, remit, put off, defer, hold over, postpone, shelve, put over

v. hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"

suspend

v. render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"

pause, hesitate

v. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"

sojourn

v. spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily

play, flirt, toy, dally

v. behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"

dawdle, linger, move slowly, take one's time

v. take one's time; proceed slowly

delay

v. act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"

last, endure

v. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"

putter, potter, potter around, putter around

v. move around aimlessly

lie, tell a lie

v. tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"

warp, falsify, distort, garble

v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

color, colour, distort

v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

strain, deform, distort

v. alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"

relax, unbend, make less tight

v. make less tight; "relax the tension on the rope"

relax, loosen, become loose, become looser

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

relax, unstrain, unlax, unwind, make relaxed, loosen up

v. cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"

put out, extend, stretch forth, hold out, stretch out

v. thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"

accomplished, effected, established

adj. settled securely and unconditionally; "that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact"

proved, proven

adj. established beyond doubt; "a proven liar"; "a Soviet leader of proven shrewdness"

determined, determinate

adj. precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause; "a determinate distance"; "a determinate number"; "determinate variations in animals"

stipulatory, agreed upon

adj. constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement; "stipulatory obligations"

solved, resolved

adj. explained or answered; "mysteries solved and unsolved; problems resolved and unresolved"

Synonyms (30)

dwell on, linger over

v. delay

too much, a bit much

adj. (informal) "a bit much"

overdone, exaggerated, overstated

adj. represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself"

undue, extraordinary, unreasonable, excessive, inordinate

adj. beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"

steep, exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, unconscionable, usurious

adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"

extreme

adj. beyond a norm in views or actions; "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions"

radical, extremist, ultra

adj. (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative"

gross, glaring

adj. far exceeding the normal: "a glaring error"; "gross inefficiency"

done, through, through with

adj. having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"

through with, done with

adj. having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking"

adj. used up; "time is up"

Antonyms (19)

go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

speed, hurry, rush, race, hasten, hotfoot, hie, belt along, bucket along, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along

v. step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"

bustle, hustle, bustle about

v. move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"

linger over

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