02642238-v 'postpone doing what one should be doing'; V1; 
 
Chinese (simplified) 磨蹭
English stall 2 ( ⊳ ) , drag one's feet 2 , procrastinate 1 ( ⊳ ⊳ ) , drag one's heels , shillyshally ( ⊳ ) , dilly-dally , dillydally ( ⊳ )
Indonesian menagak-nagak
Japanese 躊躇+する , 逡巡 , ぐずぐず , 躊躇 , 逡巡+する , 先延ばし , 先延ばし+する , グズグズ+する , グズグズ , 延ばす
Definitions
English
postpone doing what one should be doing
― He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
Japanese
すべきことを先伸ばしにする
― 彼は手紙を書きたくなかったので、何日も手間取った
Relations
Hyponym: procrastinate
Hypernym: delay
Semantic Field: stativev
Verb Frames
Somebody ----s;  
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SUMO: ⊂ IntentionalProcess

TempoWN: ◁ △ ▶ (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.000; Future: 0.196)

SentiWN: △ ▽ (+0.00 -0.00) MLSentiCon: △ ▽ (+0.00 -0.00)

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