Definition of Lag

Verb: lag (lagged,lagging)  lag

1. Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
   - dawdle, fall back, fall behind
    
2. (law) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
   "The suspects were lagged without trial";
   - imprison, incarcerate, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug [N. Amer], gaol [Brit], put away, remand, prison [archaic]
    
3. Throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
    
4. Cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
   "lag pipes"

1. The act of slowing down or falling behind
   - slowdown, retardation
    
2. The time between one event, process, or period and another
   - interim, meantime, meanwhile
    
3. One of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
   - stave

See also:
Lafitte
lagan

Anagrams containing the word lag

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