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verb
- 1. stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave: "she lingered in the yard, enjoying the warm sunshine" Similar Opposite
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to take a long time to leave or disappear: After the play had finished, we lingered for a while in the bar hoping to catch sight of the actors. The smell from the fire still lingered days later. It's impossible to forget such horrific events - they linger (on) in the memory forever. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Staying and remaining
1. : to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry. fans lingered outside the door. 2. a. : to remain existent although often waning in strength, importance, or influence. lingering doubts. lingering odors. b. : to remain alive although gradually dying. was seriously ill, but lingered on for several months. 3.
Linger definition: to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave. See examples of LINGER used in a sentence.
Definitions of linger. verb. remain present although waning or gradually dying. “Her perfume lingered on” see more. verb. be about. synonyms: footle, hang around, lallygag, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry. see more. verb. take one's time; proceed slowly. synonyms: dawdle. see more. verb.
linger. (lɪŋgəʳ ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense lingers , present participle lingering , past tense, past participle lingered. 1. verb. When something such as an idea, feeling, or illness lingers, it continues to exist for a long time, often much longer than expected.
to take a long time to leave or disappear: After the play had finished, we lingered for a while in the bar hoping to catch sight of the actors. The smell from the fire still lingered days later. It's impossible to forget such horrific events - they linger (on) in the memory forever.
1. † intransitive. To dwell, abide, stay (in a place). Obsolete. Expand. 2. To stay behind, tarry, loiter on one's way; to stay on or… 3. ‘To remain long in languor and pain’ (Johnson); to continue… 4. To be tardy in doing or beginning anything; to hesitate… Expand. 5. figurative, chiefly of immaterial things. Expand. 6. quasi-transitive.
1. To stay in a place or be slow in leaving it, often out of reluctance: Friends lingered at the picnic tables, chatting. See Synonyms at stay 1. 2. a. To continue or persist: a smell that lingered in the air; doubts that lingered in my mind. b. To remain feebly alive for some time before dying. 3.
Linger definition: to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave. See examples of LINGER used in a sentence.
Linger definition: To stay in a place or be slow in leaving it, often out of reluctance.
