Adjective delayed has 2 senses
  1. delayed - caused to be slower or later; "the delayed plane finally arrived"
    Antonyms:
    expedited, accelerated, speeded up, facilitated
  2. delayed - not as far along as normal in development
    Antonym:
    precocious (indirect, via retarded)
,Verb delay has 4 senses
  1. delay, detain, hold up - 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"
    --1 is one way to decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
    Antonyms: rush, hurry
    Derived form: noun delay2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. delay - act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"
    --2 is one way to
    wait, hold off, hold back
    Derived form: noun delay1
    Sample sentence:
    They delay a long time
  3. stay, detain, delay - stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
    --3 is one way to check, retard, delay
    Derived form: noun delay2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. check, retard, delay - slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
    --4 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Derived forms: noun delay1, noun delay2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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