linger
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
remain present although waning or gradually dying
Her perfume lingered on
Types & categories
- persist hypernym
Sense 2 verb
be about
The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
leave slowly and hesitantly
Types & categories
- leave hypernym
Related & opposite
- tarriance derivation
Sense 4 verb
take one's time; proceed slowly
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
move to and fro
The shy student lingered in the corner
Types & categories
- waver hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | persist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lounger |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | loiterer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | prowl |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tarriance |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | leave |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | dwell on |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | speed |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | trailer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | waver |