lingered

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Simple past tense and past participle of linger
past of linger
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{v} to droop, loiter, hesitate, protract
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{f} stay longer than usual, tarry; delay; persist, remain; be slow in dying; move slowly
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leave slowly and hesitantly
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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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To stay or remain
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remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"
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If you linger somewhere, you stay there for a longer time than is necessary, for example because you are enjoying yourself. Customers are welcome to linger over coffee until around midnight It is a dreary little town where few would choose to linger
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When something such as an idea, feeling, or illness lingers, it continues to exist for a long time, often much longer than expected. The scent of her perfume lingered on in the room He was ashamed. That feeling lingered, and he was never comfortable in church after that He would rather be killed in a race than die a lingering death in hospital
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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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To protract; to draw out
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take one's time; proceed slowly remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on
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move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner"
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take one's time; proceed slowly
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be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
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