linger

Verb
  1. Remain present although waning or gradually dying (synset 202737117)
    "Her perfume lingered on"
    is a type of: persist, remain, stay - stay behind
  2. Be about (synset 202645159)
    "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
    is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
    subtypes: lurch, prowl - loiter about, with no apparent aim
    same as: footle, hang around, lallygag, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry
  3. Leave slowly and hesitantly (synset 202015412)
    is a type of: go away, go forth, leave - go away from a place
    same as: tarry
  4. Take one's time;
    Proceed slowly (synset 202062514)
    is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
    same as: dawdle
  5. Move to and fro (synset 202646990)
    "The shy student lingered in the corner"
    is a type of: hesitate, waffle, waver - pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
    same as: hover

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