Dictionary - Definition of DAWDLED


Part of Speech	Definition
Verb	1. Of Dawdle.[Websters] 2. To be marooned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have lingered, procrastinated or tarried. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be deferred. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have pulled, crawled, delivered or hesitated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be bored. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have lugged or heaved. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have roved or meandered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have lolled or trudged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have walked or strolled.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense	1. Past tense conjugation of the verb dawdle.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base (dawdle)	1. Take one's time; proceed slowly.[Wordnet]. 2. Waste time.[Wordnet]. 3. Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.[Wordnet]. 4. Waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!".[Wordnet]. 5. To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.[Websters]. 6. To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: dawdling, dawdled, dawdles, dawdler, dawdlers, dawdlingly and dawdledly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.		Top

"Dawdled" is a common misspelling or typo for: dawdles, dawdler.

Date "Dawdled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1715. (references)


Part of Speech	Definition
Verb	1. Of Dawdle.[Websters] 2. To be marooned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have lingered, procrastinated or tarried. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be deferred. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have pulled, crawled, delivered or hesitated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be bored. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have lugged or heaved. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have roved or meandered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have lolled or trudged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have walked or strolled.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense	1. Past tense conjugation of the verb dawdle.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base (dawdle)	1. Take one's time; proceed slowly.[Wordnet]. 2. Waste time.[Wordnet]. 3. Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.[Wordnet]. 4. Waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!".[Wordnet]. 5. To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.[Websters]. 6. To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: dawdling, dawdled, dawdles, dawdler, dawdlers, dawdlingly and dawdledly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.		Top

"DAWDLED" is a common misspelling or typo for: dawdles, dawdler.

Date "DAWDLED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1715. (references)

Specialty Definition: dawdle

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Verb] To waste time; to trifle.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary	1: [Verb] To move or walk lackadaisically. (references)
	2: [Verb] To spend time idly and unfruitfully. (references)
	3: [Verb] To spend time without haste or purpose. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top

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