detain
verb
[ dɪˈteɪn ]
• keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
• "she made to open the door, but he detained her"
Similar:
delay,
hold up,
make late,
retard,
keep (back),
slow up,
slow down,
set back,
get bogged down,
hinder,
hamper,
impede,
obstruct,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘be afflicted with sickness or infirmity’): from Old French detenir, from a variant of Latin detinere, from de- ‘away, aside’ + tenere ‘to hold’.
