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Lag (Verb)

Meaning 1

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

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Synonyms

  • Fall Behind
  • Dawdle
  • Fall Back

Hyponyms

  • Drop Back
  • Drop Behind
  • Get Behind
  • Trail
  • Hang Back

Related Words

  • Laggard (noun)
  • Lagger (noun)
  • Lag (noun)

Meaning 2

Throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins.

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Hypernyms

  • Sky
  • Pitch
  • Toss

Meaning 3

Cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Related Words

  • Lagging (noun)

Meaning 4

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".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

  • Jail
  • Imprison
  • Immure
  • Put Away
  • Incarcerate
  • Put Behind Bars
  • Remand
  • Jug
  • Gaol

Hypernyms

  • Detain
  • Confine
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