delay

v. postpone, hinder; linger, move slowly

n. postponement, hindrance, hold-up; stopping, lingering

In its general sense, delay refers to a lapse of time. In other contexts, it may refer to one of many topics: Law To delay payment of a debt, a crime in the United Kingdom
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Thomas Dale DeLay (born April 8 1947) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Sugar Land, Texas. He was House Majority Leader 2003–2006 and is a prominent conservative member of the Republican Party.DeLay was first elected to the House in 1984. He became known as "The Hammer" for his enforcement of party discipline in close votes and his reputation for taking political retribution on opponents. He was appointed Deputy Minority Whip in 1988 and was elected House Majority Whip in 1995 after helping Newt Gingrich to lead the Republican Revolution. In the 1990s, he helped to start the K Street Project, an effort to pressure lobbying firms to hire Republicans to top positions. He was a driving force behind the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1998. DeLay was elected House Majority Leader after the 2002 midterm elections, and compelled House Republicans to unite to an unprecedented degree, especially in support of President George W. Bush's agenda. In the early 2000s, DeLay helped to coordinate efforts to redistrict congressional districts in Texas to favor the election of more Republicans. In 2005, a Texas grand jury indicted DeLay on criminal charges that he had conspired to violate campaign finance laws during that period. DeLay denied the charges, saying that they were politically motivated, but Republican Conference rules forced him to resign temporarily from his position as Majority Leader. In January 2006, under pressure from fellow Republicans, DeLay announced that he would not seek to return to the position. In the months before and after this decision, two of his former aides were convicted in the Jack Abramoff scandal. DeLay ran for re-election in 2006, and won the Republican primary election in March 2006, but, citing the possibility of losing the general election, he announced in April 2006 that he would withdraw from the race and resign his seat in Congress. He resigned on June 9 2006, and sought to remove his name from the ballot. The court battle that followed forced him to remain on the ballot, despite having withdrawn from the race.
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Noun
1. time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
(synonym) hold, time lag, postponement, wait
(hypernym) pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
(hyponym) extension
(derivation) check, retard
2. the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
(synonym) holdup
(hypernym) inactivity
(hyponym) break, interruption, disruption, gap
(derivation) check, retard
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) detain, hold up
(antonym) rush, hurry
(hypernym) decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
(hyponym) stonewall
(derivation) holdup
2. act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"
(hypernym) wait, hold off, hold back
(hyponym) hesitate, pause
(derivation) hold, time lag, postponement, wait
3. stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
(synonym) stay, detain
(hypernym) check, retard
(derivation) holdup
4. slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
(synonym) check, retard
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) dampen
(derivation) hold, time lag, postponement, wait

(v.)
A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
  

(v. i.)
To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.
  

(n.)
To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.
  

(n.)
To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
  

(n.)
To allay; to temper.
  

1. The amount of time by which an event is retarded. 2. The time between the instant at which a given event occurs and the instant at which a related aspect of that event occurs. (188 ) Note 1: The events, relationships, and aspects of the entity being delayed must be precisely specified. Note 2: Total delay may be demonstrated by the impulse response of a device or system. Note 3: In analog systems, total delay is described in terms of the transfer functions in the frequency domain. Synonym delay time. 3 . In radar, the electronic delay of the start of the time base used to select a particular segment of the total.