detaining
About 0.26 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb present participle and gerund of detain
- noun A delay, hindrance, or impediment; the act of holding back.
The heavy rain was a detaining on their progress.
- noun The act by which someone is detained; detention.
The suspect’s detaining lasted several hours.
Similar words
delay hold up stay confine detention arrest arrested apprehending apprehend capture
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