delaying
1delaying — index dilatory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2Delaying — Delay De*lay , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delaying}.] [OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun d[ e]lai, or directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put off. See {Delay}, n., and cf. {Delate}, 1st {Defer}, {Dilate}.] …
3delaying — adj. Delaying is used with these nouns: ↑tactic …
4delaying tactic — delaying tactics N COUNT: usu pl Delaying tactics are things that someone does in order to deliberately delay the start or progress of something. Ministers are using delaying tactics to postpone the report yet again …
5delaying action — n. maneuvers to cover a retreat, gain time, etc …
6delaying tactics — UK [dɪˈleɪɪŋ ˌtæktɪks] US [dɪˌleɪɪŋ ˈtæktɪks] noun [plural] things that are deliberately said or done to make a process slower Thesaurus: tricks, pretences and dishonest planssynonym …
7delaying action — n. to fight a delaying action * * * [dɪ leɪɪŋ ækʃən] to fight a delaying action …
8delaying action — See delaying operation …
9delaying action — /dəˈleɪɪŋ ækʃən/ (say duh laying akshuhn) noun any action taken whose purpose is to gain time, especially a military action delaying the advance of a superior enemy force by withdrawing while inflicting the maximum damage possible without… …
10delaying operation — sulaikymo operacija statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Operacija, kurioje besiginančios pajėgos atiduoda teritoriją, kad sulėtintų priešo puolimą ir padarytų priešui daug nuostolių neįsitraukdamos į kautynes. atitikmenys: angl. delaying… …
