Definition of lag

adjective (a)

• Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• the act of slowing down or falling behind (noun.act)

  Synonym: retardation, slowdown
  

  source: wordnet30
• the time between one event, process, or period and another (noun.time)

  Synonym: interim, meantime, meanwhile
  

  source: wordnet30
• one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: stave
  

  source: wordnet30
• One who lags; that which comes in last. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• One transported for a crime. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• The failing behind or retardation of one phenomenon with respect to another to which it is closely related; as, the lag of magnetization compared with the magnetizing force (hysteresis); the lag of the current in an alternating circuit behind the impressed electro-motive force which produced it. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. (verb.motion)

  Synonym: dawdle, fall back, fall behind
  

  source: wordnet30
• lock up or confine, in or as in a jail (verb.social)

  Synonym: gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, put away, put behind bars, remand
  

  source: wordnet30
• throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins (verb.contact)

  source: wordnet30
• cover with lagging to prevent heat loss (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Lag pipes.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To cause to lag; to slacken. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To transport for crime. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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