Noun
the act of slowing down or falling behind

Noun
one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket

Noun
the time between one event, process, or period and another

Verb
cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"

Verb
throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins

Verb
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

Verb
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"

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a.
Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.

a.
Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag end.

a.
Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.

n.
One who lags; that which comes in last.

n.
The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.

n.
The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing.

n.
A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine.

n.
See Graylag.

v. i.
To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter.

v. t.
To cause to lag; to slacken.

v. t.
To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, n., 4.

n.
One transported for a crime.

v. t.
To transport for crime.

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Lag

Lag , a. [Of Celtic origin: cf. Gael. & Ir. lagweak, feeble, faint, W. llag, llac, slack, loose, remiss, sluggish; prob. akin to E. lax, languid.] 1. Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy. [Obs.]

Came too lag to see him buried.

2. Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag end. "The lag end of my life." Shak. 3. Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior. [Obs.] "Lag souls." Dryden.

Lag

Lag , n. 1. One who lags; that which comes in last. [Obs.] "The lag of all the flock." Pope. 2. The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.

The common lag of people.

3. The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing. 4. A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine. 5. (Zo'94l.) See Graylag. Lag of the tide, the interval by which the time of high water falls behind the mean time, in the first and third quarters of the moon; -- opposed to priming of the tide, or the acceleration of the time of high water, in the second and fourth quarters; depending on the relative positions of the sun and moon. -- Lag screw, an iron bolt with a square head, a sharp-edged thread, and a sharp point, adapted for screwing into wood; a screw for fastening lags.

Lag

Lag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lagged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lagging .] To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter. "I shall not lag behind." Milton. Syn. -- To loiter; linger; saunter; delay; be tardy.

Lag

Lag, v. t. 1. To cause to lag; to slacken. [Obs.] "To lag his flight." Heywood. 2. (Mach.) To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, n., 4.

Lag

Lag, n. One transported for a crime. [Slang, Eng.]

Lag

Lag, v. t. To transport for crime. [Slang, Eng.]

She lags us if we poach.

Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.

One who lags; that which comes in last.

To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter.

To cause to lag; to slacken.

One transported for a crime.

To transport for crime.