Lag - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |læɡ|  American pronunciation of the word lag
Brit.  |læɡ|  British pronunciation of the word lag

noun

- the act of slowing down or falling behind (syn: retardation, slowdown)
- the time between one event, process, or period and another (syn: interim, meantime, meanwhile)
- one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket (syn: stave)

verb

- hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. (syn: dawdle, fall back, fall behind)
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail (syn: gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, put away, remand)
- throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
- cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
lag pipes

Extra examples

...we're now in the lag end of the project...

When they had crossed three or four fields without a check, Arthur began to lag.

Don't lag behind now, just when you're doing so well.

She stopped to wait for Ian who was lagging behind.

Britain is lagging behind the rest of Europe.

We've had the hot-water tank lagged.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: lag
he/she/it: lags
present participle: lagging
past tense: lagged
past participle: lagged
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