forhale

From earlier forhail, equivalent to for- +‎ hale. Compare Norwegian and Danish forhale (“to delay”), Swedish förhala (“to protract, prolong, retard”).

forhale (third-person singular simple present forhales, present participle forhaling, simple past and past participle forhaled)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To overhaul; overtake.

• fahlore

From Low German verhalen. Cognates include English forhale, Swedish förhala and Dutch verhalen.

• IPA^(key): [fʌˈhæˀlə]

forhale (imperative forhal, infinitive at forhale, present tense forhaler, past tense forhalede, perfect tense har forhalet)

1. to procrastinate, delay

   Synonym: trække i langdrag

2. to pull a ship through the water using ropes

   Coordinate term: varpe

• udsætte
• prokrastinere

• forhaling

• “forhale” in Den Danske Ordbog