LAG (lagged, lagging)
Dictionary entry overview: What does lag mean?
• LAG (noun)
The noun LAG has 3 senses:
1. the act of slowing down or falling behind
2. the time between one event, process, or period and another
3. one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
Familiarity information: LAG used as a noun is uncommon.
• LAG (verb)
The verb LAG has 4 senses:
1. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
2. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
3. throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
4. cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
Familiarity information: LAG used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• LAG (noun)
Meaning:
The act of slowing down or falling behind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
lag; slowdown; retardation
Hypernyms ("lag" is a kind of...):
delay; holdup (the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time)
Meaning:
The time between one event, process, or period and another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
interim; meanwhile; meantime; lag
Context example:
meanwhile the socialists are running the government
Hypernyms ("lag" is a kind of...):
interval; time interval (a definite length of time marked off by two instants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lag"):
interregnum (the time between two reigns, governments, etc.)
Meaning:
One of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
stave; lag
Hypernyms ("lag" is a kind of...):
slat; spline (a thin strip (wood or metal))
Holonyms ("lag" is a part of...):
barrel; cask (a cylindrical container that holds liquids)
• LAG (verb)
Meaning:
Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
lag; fall behind; fall back; dawdle
Hypernyms (to "lag" is one way to...):
follow (to travel behind, go after, come after)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lag"):
drag; drop behind; get behind; hang back; trail (to lag or linger behind)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
put behind bars; jug; jail; incarcerate; imprison; immure; gaol; lag; remand; put away
Context examples:
The suspects were imprisoned without trial / the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
Hypernyms (to "lag" is one way to...):
confine; detain (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to lag the prisoners
Meaning:
Throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "lag" is one way to...):
flip; pitch; sky; toss (throw or toss with a light motion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
lag pipes
Hypernyms (to "lag" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
