VERB | motion | dawdle, linger | take one's time |
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motion | dawdle, dally | waste time | |
motion | dawdle, lag, fall back, fall behind | hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. |
Sounds | dao'dahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | Take one's time; proceed slowly. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Synonym | linger | |
Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
Opposite | rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it | Move fast |
Spanish | demorarse | |
Catalan | anar a poc a poc, demorar-se, demorar, persistir, retardar, trigar | |
Nouns | dawdler | someone who takes more time than necessary |
Meaning | Waste time. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonym | dally | |
Broader | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner |
Nouns | dawdler | someone who takes more time than necessary |
dawdling | the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working |
Meaning | hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | lag, fall back, fall behind | |
Narrower | drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back | To lag or linger behind |
Broader | follow | To travel behind, go after, come after |
See also | fall | Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind |
Spanish | quedarse atrás, retrasarse | |
Nouns | dawdler | someone who takes more time than necessary |
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