Linger
verb — past tense: lingered ; past participle: lingered ; present participle: lingering ;
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- (INTRANSITIVE) (To stay a long time, to dawdle, to continue to live although very close to death, to loiter) មកយឺត, ស្ថិតនៅ, នៅ, គង់វង្ស, នៅជាធរមានបញ្ញត្តិ, អែនអន, បង្អែបង្អង់
Example: Mother told Bang not to linger on his way to school.
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: lingered ; past participle: lingered ; present participle: lingering ;
- 1.
- 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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- (TRANSITIVE) To spend or pass in a lingering manner; -- with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed.
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- abide, amble, bide, dawdle, delay, drift, hesitate, lag, loiter, procrastinate, remain, rest, saunter, stay, stroll, tarry, wait
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- act, expedite, hasten, leave
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- To protract, to draw out