Linger



verbpast 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.
  • linger on
    - នៅតែ
    - បន្ដរស់
ENGLISH MEANING
verbpast 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.
2.
(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
1.
act, expedite, hasten, leave
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To protract, to draw out