linger Definition

linger
verb, intr lingering, lingered

1. Often said of sensations: to remain for a long time.

Example: The smell of garlic lingered in the kitchen
2. To be slow or reluctant to leave.
3. Said of someone who is dying: to die very slowly.
4. To tarry or loiter.

Thesaurus: tarry, dally, remain, delay, hang around, idle, lag, loiter, dawdle, procrastinate.

Derivative: lingerer
noun

Derivative: lingering
noun

Derivative: lingeringly
adverb

Etymology: From Anglo-Saxon lengan to lengthen.

Phrasal Verb: linger over something

To spend a long time with it or doing it.