linger

About 1.73 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
2. verb To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
3. verb To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.

Similar words

tarry hang around loiter lurk lounge mill about dawdle mill around lollygag dally

Often followed by

in on over for long and here at a

Word family

lingered lingerer lingerers lingering lingeringly lingers