[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave:We lingered awhile after the party.Synonyms: loiter , tarry", "to remain alive; continue or persist, although gradually dying, ceasing, disappearing, etc.:She lingered a few months after the heart attack. Such practices still linger among the older natives.", "to dwell in contemplation, thought, or enjoyment:to linger over the beauty of a painting.", "to be tardy in action; delay; dawdle:to linger in discharging one's duties.Synonyms: tarry", "to walk slowly; saunter along.Synonyms: loiter"]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed byawayorout):We lingered away the whole summer at the beach.", "Archaic.to draw out or protract."]}]