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What does linger mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word linger? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so; to loiter.
  2. (intransitive) To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
  3. (on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
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Greg Edmonson's fractured landscapes show traces of memory that linger as layers within the spaces of our mind.
We must linger for a moment more, for just at the top of the bank I see the little bird's foot.
Not especially in a mood to linger and look around I made a mental note to return in a better frame of mind.
To finish up, there are lots of intriguing coffee concoctions and fresh tisanes that will make you want to linger longer.
My eye caught a certain dark haired boy, tall, walking across the quad and I let my eyes linger traitorously on him.
Only a few shorebirds linger now, and our songbirds are rapidly deserting us for more productive feeding areas to the south.

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