adj
Meaning 1
Late.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
lag
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈlæɡ/
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[ˈlæɡ]
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/ˈleɪ̯ɡ/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
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[ˈleɪ̯ɡ] Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
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rhymes with -æɡ
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homophone: lagg
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homophone: leg (pre-/ɡ/-tensing)
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CMU ARPABET: L AE1 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Last; long-delayed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adj
Meaning 3
Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
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adj
Meaning 4
Loose (inclined to play many starting hands, including weak ones) and aggressive (inclined to raise often).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, poker
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noun
Meaning 5
A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 6
Delay; latency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, archaic, countable, slang, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
A prisoner, a criminal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, countable, slang, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
A period of imprisonment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 10
A method of deciding which player is to start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, snooker, sports
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noun
Meaning 11
One who lags; that which comes in last.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 12
The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 13
A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 14
Clipping of lag screw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
Topics: business, carpentry, construction, manufacturing
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noun
Meaning 15
A bird, the greylag.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 16
To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1717, The Metamorphoses of Ovid translated into English verse under the direction of Sir Samuel Garth by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, William Congreve and other eminent hands While he, whose tardy feet had lagg'd behind, / Was doom'd the sad reward of death to find.
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verb
Meaning 17
To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material.
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verb
Meaning 18
To respond slowly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, video-games
Examples
- My phone is starting to lag.
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verb
Meaning 19
To transport as a punishment for crime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, slang
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verb
Meaning 20
To arrest or apprehend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, slang
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verb
Meaning 21
To slacken
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Interest in the scandal will never lag.
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noun
Meaning 22
the act of slowing down or falling behind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: slowdown, retardation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: delay, holdup
noun
Meaning 23
one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: stave
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: slat, spline
noun
Meaning 24
the time between one event, process, or period and another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- meanwhile the socialists are running the government
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Synonyms: interim, meantime, meanwhile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time interval, interval
Narrower terms: interregnum
verb
Meaning 25
cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- lag pipes
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: cover
verb
Meaning 26
throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: flip, toss, sky, pitch
verb
Meaning 27
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dawdle, fall back, fall behind
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: follow
Narrower terms: drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back
verb
Meaning 28
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The suspects were imprisoned without trial
- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: imprison, incarcerate, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: confine, detain
History
Etymology
Of unknown origin. Possibly of North Germanic origin.
Acronym of loose-aggressive.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: закъснял (zakǎsnjal) — late
- Chinese Mandarin: 晚 (wǎn) — late
- Bulgarian: последен (posleden) — last
- Chinese Mandarin: 最後 /最后 (zuìhòu) — last
- Bulgarian: закъснение (zakǎsnenie) — A gap, a delay
- Bulgarian: изостаналост (izostanalost) — A gap, a delay
- Catalan: decalatge — A gap, a delay
- Chinese Mandarin: 落差 (luòchā) — A gap, a delay
- Chinese Mandarin: 延遲 /延迟 (yánchí) — A gap, a delay
- Bulgarian: затворник (zatvornik) — (British, slang) a prisoner, a criminal
- Bulgarian: каторжник (katoržnik) — (British, slang) a prisoner, a criminal
- Chinese Mandarin: 囚犯 (qiúfàn) — (British, slang) a prisoner, a criminal
- Chinese Mandarin: 罪犯 (zuìfàn) — (British, slang) a prisoner, a criminal
- Bulgarian: изоставам (izostavam) — To fall behind
- Chinese Mandarin: 落後 /落后 (luòhòu) — To fall behind
- Chinese Mandarin: 跟不上 (gēnbùshàng) — To fall behind
- Finnish: jäädä jälkeen — To fall behind
- French: rester en arrière — To fall behind
- French: être en retard — To fall behind
- German: zurückbleiben — To fall behind
- German: zurückfallen — To fall behind
- Greek: καθυστερώ (kathysteró) — To fall behind
- Greek: χρονοτριβώ (chronotrivó) — To fall behind
- Ancient Greek: ὑστερέω (husteréō) — To fall behind
- Italian: rimanere indietro — To fall behind
- Japanese: 立ち遅れる (tachiokureru) — To fall behind
- Māori: akutō — To fall behind
- Māori: tonanawe — To fall behind
- Māori: takamuri — To fall behind
- Māori: komutu — To fall behind
- Māori: whetō — To fall behind
- Māori: whētōtō — To fall behind
- Māori: whakawhetoto — To fall behind
- Russian: отстава́ть (otstavátʹ) — To fall behind
- Russian: отста́ть (otstátʹ) — To fall behind
- Russian: опа́здывать (opázdyvatʹ) — To fall behind
- Russian: опозда́ть (opozdátʹ) — To fall behind
- Spanish: rezagar — To fall behind
- Spanish: retrasar — To fall behind
- Spanish: arrezagar — To fall behind
- Swedish: sacka — To fall behind
- Chinese Mandarin: 卡頓 /卡顿 (kǎdùn) — computing
- Spanish: retardar — computing
- Spanish: laguear — computing
- Spanish: retrasar — computing
- Spanish: desfasarse — computing