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v. lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait

v. wait in hiding to attack

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

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skulk

v. move stealthily; "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day"

sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfoot

v. to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"

persist, remain, stay

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

stay, stay on, continue, remain

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, remain, rest

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"

tarry, linger

v. leave slowly and hesitantly

bide, abide, stay

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

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

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"

procrastinate

v. postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"

temporize, temporise

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

shelve

v. place on a shelf; "shelve books"

suspend

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

hesitate, pause

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

sojourn

v. spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily

dally, trifle, play

v. consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"

linger, dawdle

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

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"

falsify, distort, garble, warp

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

deform, distort, strain

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

relax, unbend

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

loosen, relax, loose

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

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

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

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

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

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