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delay
To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired:
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  1. To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired:
  2. To put off to a future time; postpone
  3. To stop for a while; linger
dawdle
To move aimlessly or lackadaisically:
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  1. To move aimlessly or lackadaisically:
  2. To take more time than necessary:
  3. (Intransitive) To move or walk lackadaisically.
dally
To dawdle, delay, or linger:
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  1. To dawdle, delay, or linger:
  2. To consider or occupy oneself with something in a careless or unserious fashion; toy.
  3. To spend (time) idly:
wait
To remain or be in readiness:
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  1. To remain or be in readiness:
  2. To remain temporarily neglected, unattended to, or postponed:
  3. To be a waiter or waitress at:
dally
To flirt; play at love
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  1. To flirt; play at love
  2. To consider or occupy oneself with something in a careless or unserious fashion; toy.
  3. To spend (time) idly:
dawdle
To move aimlessly or lackadaisically:
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  1. To move aimlessly or lackadaisically:
  2. To spend (time) without haste or purpose.
  3. (Intransitive) To move or walk lackadaisically.
delay
To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired:
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  1. To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired:
  2. To put off to a future time; postpone
  3. To act or move slowly; put off an action or a decision.
dilly-dally
Alternative spelling of dilly-dally.
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  1. Alternative spelling of dilly-dally.
  2. To waste time, especially in indecision; dawdle or vacillate.
drag
To cause to be involved in an unpleasant or difficult situation:
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  1. To cause to be involved in an unpleasant or difficult situation:
  2. To bring (a subject) into conversation, a piece of writing, etc. unnecessarily or as if by force
  3. To be prolonged tediously; move or pass too slowly
lag
(Billiards) To strike the cue ball so that it rebounds from the far rail to stop as close as possible to the near rail or the string line: done to decide the order of play
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  1. (Billiards) To strike the cue ball so that it rebounds from the far rail to stop as close as possible to the near rail or the string line: done to decide the order of play
  2. To fall, move, or stay behind; loiter; linger
  3. To move or develop more slowly than expected, desired, etc.; be retarded in motion, development, etc.
linger
To continue to live or exist although very close to death or the end
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  1. To continue to live or exist although very close to death or the end
  2. To proceed slowly; saunter:
  3. To devote considerable time to something, especially in a leisurely fashion:
loiter
To proceed slowly or with many stops:
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  1. To proceed slowly or with many stops:
  2. To stand idly about; linger without any purpose.
  3. (--- Law) To violate a law or ordinance that prohibits persons from remaining in a given location without a clear purpose for an extended period of time, especially when behaving in a manner indicating a possible threat to persons or property in the vicinity.
poke
To thrust forward; appear:
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  1. To thrust forward; appear:
  2. To push or jab with a stick, finger, etc.; prod
  3. To live or move slowly or lazily; loiter; putter; dawdle
procrastinate
To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
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  1. To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
  2. To put off doing (something unpleasant or burdensome) until a future time; esp., to postpone (such actions) habitually
  3. To postpone or delay needlessly.
trail
To follow the course taken by; pursue:
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  1. To follow the course taken by; pursue:
  2. To become gradually fainter; dwindle:
  3. To move, walk, go along, etc. wearily, heavily, or slowly; crawl; drag
abide
To stand fast; remain; go on being
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  1. To stand fast; remain; go on being
  2. To wait patiently for:
  3. (Archaic) To stay; reside (in or at)
bide
To stay:
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  1. To stay:
  2. To wait; tarry.
  3. To stay; continue
linger
To continue to stay, esp. from a reluctance to leave
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  1. To continue to stay, esp. from a reluctance to leave
  2. To pause or dwell (over or on something) in contemplation, deliberation, enjoyment, etc.
  3. To devote considerable time to something, especially in a leisurely fashion:
pause
To hesitate:
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  1. To hesitate:
  2. To cease or suspend an action temporarily:
  3. To cease or suspend the action of temporarily; stop for an interim:
stay
To suspend by legal order the implementation of (a planned action), especially pending further proceedings:
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  1. To suspend by legal order the implementation of (a planned action), especially pending further proceedings:
  2. To brace or support with a stay or stays
  3. (Archaic) To wait for; await:
wait
To remain or rest in expectation:
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  1. To remain or rest in expectation:
  2. To be a waiter or waitress at:
  3. To remain or stay in expectation of; await:
abide
To wait patiently for:
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  1. To wait patiently for:
  2. To stand fast; remain; go on being
  3. To dwell, remain, reside, or stay.
bide
To stay:
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  1. To stay:
  2. To await; wait for.
  3. To stay; continue
linger
To continue to live or exist although very close to death or the end
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  1. To continue to live or exist although very close to death or the end
  2. To pause or dwell (over or on something) in contemplation, deliberation, enjoyment, etc.
  3. To devote considerable time to something, especially in a leisurely fashion:
remain
To be left to be dealt with, done, said, etc.
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  1. To be left to be dealt with, done, said, etc.
  2. To continue to be in the same place; stay or stay behind:
  3. To stay while others go
stay
To suspend by legal order the implementation of (a planned action), especially pending further proceedings:
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  1. To suspend by legal order the implementation of (a planned action), especially pending further proceedings:
  2. To pause; tarry; wait; delay
  3. To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger:
wait
To remain or rest in expectation:
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  1. To remain or rest in expectation:
  2. To remain or be in readiness:
  3. To remain or stay in expectation of; await:
stick around
(Idiomatic) To stay; to linger; to remain.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To stay; to linger; to remain.
Find another word for tarry. In this page you can discover 38 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for tarry, like: delay, dawdle, dally, wait, linger, loiter, wait, dally, dawdle, delay and dilly-dally.

Sentence Examples

  • Not many small towns so I'll keep rolling and not tarry here.

  • Perhaps I'll tarry in the area of Lynn, Massachusetts and try my luck there!

  • Betty-Boop or whatever your name is, if you tarry much longer I may be forced to introduce myself, though taking you, at least at this time, would cause a mild alteration to my carefully formulated plans.

  • Even though it will upset the child, I shant take the time to tarry long with the woman.

  • The product obtained after burning is known either as kelp or varec. Another method of obtaining kelp is to heat the seaweed in large retorts, whereby tarry and ammoniacal liquors pass over and a very porous residue of kelp remains.

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