'Delayed' definitions:
Definition of 'delayed'
From: WordNet
adjective
Not as far along as normal in development
Definition of 'Delayed'
From: GCIDE
- Delay \De*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Delaying.] [OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun d['e]lai, or directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put off. See Delay, n., and cf. Delate, 1st Defer, Dilate.]
- 1. To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before. [1913 Webster]
- My lord delayeth his coming. --Matt. xxiv. 48. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To allay; to temper. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The watery showers delay the raging wind. --Surrey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'delayed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrested,
- back,
- backward,
- behind,
- behindhand,
- belated,
- blocked,
- checked,
- delayed-action,
- detained,
- held up,
- hung up,
- impeded,
- in a bind,
- in abeyance,
- jammed,
- late,
- latish,
- moratory,
- never on time,
- obstructed,
- overdue,
- retarded,
- set back,
- slow,
- slowed down,
- stopped,
- tardy,
- unpunctual,
- unready,
- untimely