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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

lingering
    n 1: the act of tarrying [syn: tarriance, lingering]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lingering \Lin"ger*ing\, a.
   1. Delaying.
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   2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a
      lingering disease.
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            To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering
            anguish is generally his folly.       --Rambler.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Linger \Lin"ger\ (l[i^][ng]"g[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   Lingered (l[i^][ng]"g[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lingering.]
   [OE. lengen to tarry, AS. lengan to prolong, put off, fr.
   lang long. [root]125. See Long, a.]
   To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or
   reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be
   in suspense; to hesitate.
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         Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. --Gray.
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         Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained.
                                                  --Milton.

   Syn: To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate.
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Thesaurus Results for Lingering:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Micawberish, backward, booming, continuation, dalliance, dallying, dawdling, delaying, dilatoriness, dilatory, dillydallying, dolce far niente, dragging, drawn-out, easygoing, echoic, echoing, extended, extension, foot-dragging, goofing off, gradual, growling, idling, interminable, lackadaisical, lag, laggard, lagging, languishing, lasting, lax, lazing, lazy, lengthened, lengthening, loafing, loitering, lolling, lollygagging, long, long-continuing, long-drawn, long-drawn-out, long-pending, long-winded, lounging, marathon, mopery, overlong, persistent, procrastinating, procrastination, procrastinative, procrastinatory, prolongation, prolonged, protracted, protraction, reboant, rebounding, reechoing, remaining, remiss, repercussive, resounding, reverberant, reverberating, reverberatory, rumbling, shilly-shallying, shuffling, slack, slow, sluggish, sounding, spun-out, stretched-out, tarriance, tarrying, thundering, trifling, undamped, waiting

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