Overview of noun lag

The noun lag has 3 senses

• slowdown, lag, retardation -- (the act of slowing down or falling behind)


• interim, meantime, meanwhile, lag -- (the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government")


• stave, lag -- (one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket)

Overview of verb lag

The verb lag has 4 senses

• lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind -- (hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.)


• imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand -- (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life")


• lag -- (throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins)


• lag -- (cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes")