Lag Definition
lăg
lagged, lagging, lags
verb
lagged, lagging, lags
To cover with insulating material.
Webster's New World
To fail to keep up a pace; straggle.
A hiker who lagged behind his companions on the trail.
American Heritage
To fall, move, or stay behind; loiter; linger.
Webster's New World
To imprison.
Webster's New World
To move or develop more slowly than expected, desired, etc.; be retarded in motion, development, etc.
Webster's New World
noun
lags
A falling behind or being retarded in motion, development, etc.
Webster's New World
The amount of such falling behind; interval between two related events, processes, etc.
The lag of peak current behind peak voltage.
Webster's New World
A condition of weakness or slackening.
A lag in interest.
American Heritage
A barrel stave.
American Heritage
A lagging, as in billiards and marbles.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- slowpoke
- tarrier
- straggler
- procrastinator
- poke
- loiterer
- lingerer
- lagger
- laggard
- dilly-dallier
- dawdler
- stave
- backwardness
- sluggishness
- falling behind
Antonyms:
Other Word Forms of Lag
Noun
Singular:
lag
Plural:
lagsOrigin of Lag
From earlier lag last person from Middle English lag- last (in lagmon last man) perhaps of Scandinavian origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Probably of Scandinavian origin Swedish lagg leu- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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