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English to English noun
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Detention. |  | source: webster1913 verb
| 2 |
deprive of freedom; take into confinement | | source: wordnet30
| 3 |
stop or halt | | Example: Please stay the bloodshed!
source: wordnet30
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cause to be slowed down or delayed | | Example: Traffic was delayed by the bad weather
she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform
source: wordnet30
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To keep back or from; to withhold. | | source: webster1913
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