lag

Nouns

• (n) the act of slowing down or falling behind slowdown, retardation,
• (n) the time between one event, process, or period and another
  • meanwhile the socialists are running the government
  interim, meantime, meanwhile,
• (n) one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket stave,

Verbs

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

Synonyms

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