lag in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
lag in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
lag in Sindhi سنڌي
lag in Telugu తెలుగు
lag in Urdu اُردُو
lag in English
- lag⇄adj. 1. last; hindmost.
Ex. The lag end of my life (Shakespeare).
2. tardy; slow.
Ex. An' faith! thou's neither lag nor lame (Robert Burns). - lag⇄lag (1), verb, lagged,lagging,noun, adjective.
- lag⇄lag (2), noun, verb, lagged,lagging.
- lag⇄lag (3), verb, lagged,lagging,noun.
(Slang.) - lag⇄noun 1. a convict.
2. a term of transportation or penal servitude. - lag⇄noun 1. one of the staves or strips that support the cylindrical surfaces of a wooden drum, the casing of a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine.
2. a barrel stave. - lag⇄noun 1. the act or fact of lagging; falling behind.
Ex. There was a long lag in forwarding mail to us while we were on vacation.
2a. the amount by which a person or thing falls behind.
Ex. There was a month's lag between the order for - lag⇄v.i. 1. to move too slowly; fall behind.
Ex. The child lagged because he was tired.
(SYN) dawdle, delay, tarry.
2. to become weaker; flag.
Ex. Interest lagged as the speaker droned on.
3. to toss a marble at a line on the - lag⇄v.t. to cover (a boiler or steam pipe) with staves or insulating material.
- lag⇄v.t. 1. to cause to lag.
2. (Physics.) (of an electric current) to fall behind (the voltage) in speed of response to alternations.
3. (Economic Statistics.) to follow changes in another variable by a regular interval.
Ex. Changes in e - lag⇄v.t. 1. to transport (a convict); send to penal servitude.
2. to arrest.