lag
1. the act of slowing down or falling behind (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
slowdown, retardation
• Derivationally related forms:
retard (for: retardation), slow down (for: slowdown)
• Hypernyms:
delay, holdup
2. the time between one event, process, or period and another
- meanwhile the socialists are running the government
• Syn:
interim, meantime, meanwhile
• Hypernyms:
time interval, interval
• Hyponyms:
interregnum
3. one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
• Syn:
stave
• Hypernyms:
slat, spline
• Part Holonyms:
barrel, cask
1. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. (Freq. 7)
• Syn:
dawdle, fall back, fall behind
• Derivationally related forms:
dawdler (for: dawdle), lagger, laggard
• Hypernyms:
follow
• Hyponyms:
drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
2. 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
• Syn:
imprison, incarcerate, immure, put behind bars, jail,
jug, gaol, put away, remand
• Derivationally related forms:
remand (for: remand), gaoler (for: gaol), gaol (for: gaol), jailer (for: jail), jailor (for: jail), jail (for: jail), immurement (for: immure), incarceration (for: incarcerate), imprisonment (for: imprison)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
confine, detain
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to lag the prisoners
3. throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
• Hypernyms:
flip, toss, sky, pitch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
4. cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
- lag pipes
• Derivationally related forms:
lagging
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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