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delayer

noun

Etymology

From delay + -er.

  1. derived from *leyp-✻ — “to remain, continue”
  2. derived from *laibijaną✻ — “to leave, cause to stay”
  3. derived from *laibijan✻
  4. derived from *leh₁d-✻ — “to leave, leave behind”
  5. derived from *latjaną✻ — “to delay, hinder, stall”
  6. derived from *lattjan✻
  7. derived from laier — “to leave”
  8. derived from delaier
  9. inherited from delaien
  10. suffixed as delayer — “delay + er”

Definitions

  1. One who delays.

  2. A substance that is used to slow the rate of combustion of a solid rocket fuel so as to…

    A substance that is used to slow the rate of combustion of a solid rocket fuel so as to make it more controllable

  3. To remove layers from

    To remove layers from; to strip away levels from.

    • I've put on every item of clothing I packed in about eight layers. […] Slowly as the morning wore on and I built up a sweat, I de-layered myself. Now I'm down to just two layers of clothing, including two pairs of gloves and socks.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for delayer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA