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lin⋅ger
[ling-ger]
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party. |
| 2. | to remain alive; continue or persist, although gradually dying, ceasing, disappearing, etc.: She lingered a few months after the heart attack. Such practices still linger among the older natives. |
| 3. | to dwell in contemplation, thought, or enjoyment: to linger over the beauty of a painting. |
| 4. | to be tardy in action; delay; dawdle: to linger in discharging one's duties. |
| 5. | to walk slowly; saunter along. |
–verb (used with object)
| 6. | to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually fol. by away or out): We lingered away the whole summer at the beach. |
| 7. | Archaic. to draw out or protract. |
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lin·ger (lĭng'gər) v. lin·gered, lin·ger·ing, lin·gers v. intr.
To pass (a period of time) in a leisurely or aimless manner. [Middle English lengeren, frequentative of lengen, to prolong, from Old English lengan; see del-1 in Indo-European roots.] lin'ger·er n., lin'ger·ing·ly adv. |
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Linger
Lin"ger\ (l[i^][ng]"g[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lingered (-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. Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. --Gray. Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained. --Milton. Syn: To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate.Linger
Lin"ger\, v. t. 1. To protract; to draw out. [Obs.] She lingers my desires. --Shak. 2. To spend or pass in a lingering manner; -- with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed. --Dryden.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : linger
Spanish:
quedarse,
German:
bleiben,
Japanese:
長く残る
linger
c.1300, lenger "reside, dwell," freq. of lengen "to tarry," from O.E. lengan "prolong, lengthen," from P.Gmc. *langijanan (cf. Du. lengen "to lengthen"), source of O.E. lang "long."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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