- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|2.6k
- Abbreviations|0
116 entries under delay topic. ×
| confine(verb, hold, take, control, force) | |
| hold(verb, law, control, place, keep) | |
| keep(verb, hold, take, control, cool) | |
| restrain(verb, hold, take, control, keep) | |
| check(verb, hold, take, control, keep) | |
| arrest(verb, stop, hold, take, control) | |
| constrain(verb, hold, control, force, keep) | |
| hinder(verb, hold, control, force, check) | |
| hold up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, time) | |
| impede(verb, hold, check, keep, reduce) | |
| inhibit(verb, hold, control, keep, reduce) | |
| intern(noun, verb, hold, keep, cool) | |
| jail(noun, verb, hold, control, keep) | |
| stay(verb, hold, control, keep, restrain) | |
| retard(verb, hold, control, time, help) | |
| stop(verb, hold, catch, hinder) | |
| slow(verb, time, help, reduce, cause) | |
| withhold(verb, hold, take, control, place) | |
| apprehend(verb, stop, hold, take, keep) | |
| obstruct(verb, hold, check, keep) |
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