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lag 1
(lăg)v. lagged, lag·ging, lags
v.intr.
1. To fail to keep up a pace; straggle: a hiker who lagged behind his companions on the trail.
2. To proceed or develop with comparative slowness: a nation that lags behind its neighbors in economic development.
3. To weaken or slacken; flag: My attention lagged when the lecturer changed subjects.
4. Games To determine the order of play by hitting or shooting a ball toward a mark, as in marbles or billiards, with the player whose ball stops closest to the mark going first.
v.tr.
1. To fail to keep up with (another): One horse lagged the others throughout the race.
2. To proceed or develop at a slower pace than (another): "putting new money into sectors that have lagged the market" (Peter Lynch).
3. Sports In golf, to hit (a putt) so that it stops a short way from the hole and can then be tapped in.
n.
1. An interval between one event or phenomenon and another: "He wondered darkly at how great a lag there was between his thinking and his actions" (Thomas Wolfe).
2. A condition of weakness or slackening: a lag in interest.
[From earlier lag, last person, from Middle English lag-, last (in lagmon, last man), perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
lag′ger n.
lag 2
(lăg)n.
1. A barrel stave.
2. A strip, as of wood, that forms a part of the covering for a cylindrical object.
tr.v. lagged, lag·ging, lags
To furnish or cover with lags.
lag 3
(lăg) Chiefly British Slangtr.v. lagged, lag·ging, lags
1. To arrest.
2. To send to prison.
n.
1. A convict.
2. An ex-convict.
[Origin unknown.]
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lag
(læɡ)vb (intr) , lags, lagging or lagged
1. (often foll by behind) to hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc
2. to fall away in strength or intensity
3. (Billiards & Snooker) to determine an order of play in certain games, as by rolling marbles towards a line or, in billiards, hitting cue balls up the table against the top cushion in an attempt to bring them back close to the headrail
n
4. the act or state of slowing down or falling behind
5. the interval of time between two events, esp between an action and its effect
6. (Billiards & Snooker) an act of lagging in a game, such as billiards
[C16: of obscure origin]
lag
(læɡ)n
1. a convict or ex-convict (esp in the phrase old lag)
2. a term of imprisonment
vb, lags, lagging or lagged
(tr) to arrest or put in prison
[C19: of unknown origin]
lag
(læɡ)vb, lags, lagging or lagged
(tr) to cover (a pipe, cylinder, etc) with lagging to prevent loss of heat
n
1. the insulating casing of a steam cylinder, boiler, etc; lagging
2. (Building) a stave or lath
[C17: of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish lagg stave]
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lag1
(læg)v. lagged, lag•ging,
n. v.i.
1. to fail to maintain a desired pace or speed: to lag behind in production.
2. to linger; delay.
3. to decrease gradually; flag: Interest lagged as the meeting went on.
4. to throw one's shooting marble toward a line on the ground so as to determine the order of play.
5. (in billiards and pool) string (def. 28).
v.t. 6. to fail to keep up with: The industry still lags the national economy.
n. 7. a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
8. a person who lags behind.
9. an interval of time: a lag of ten minutes.
10. Mech. the amount of retardation of some motion.
11. the act of lagging in marbles or billiards.
[1505–15; perhaps < Scandinavian]
lag′ger, n.
lag2
(læg)v. lagged, lag•ging,
n. Chiefly Brit. Slang. v.t.
1. to imprison or transport for crime.
n. 2. a convict or ex-convict.
3. a period or term of penal servitude.
[1565–75; orig. uncertain]
lag3
(læg)n., v. lagged, lag•ging. n.
1. one of the staves or strips that form the periphery of a wooden drum, the casing of a steam cylinder, or the like.
v.t. 2. to cover or provide with lags.
[1665–75; probably < Scandinavian]
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lag
Past participle: lagged
Gerund: lagging
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lag
A period of time during which a computer is apparently not responding to input.
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| Noun | 1. | lag - the act of slowing down or falling behind |
| 2. | lag - the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government" interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants interregnum - the time between two reigns, governments, etc. | |
| 3. | lag - one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket | |
| Verb | 1. | lag - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. follow - to travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum" drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail, drop back, drag - to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging" |
| 2. | lag - 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" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" | |
| 3. | lag - throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins | |
| 4. | lag - cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
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lag
verb
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lag
verb1. To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered:
1. The condition or fact of being made late or slow:
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Translations
تَلَكُّؤ، تَباطُؤيَتَلَكَّأ، يَتَباطَأ
intervalloudat se vzaduopoždění
forsinkelsekomme bageftersakke bagud
elmaradozik
dragast aftur úrseinkun, töf
intervalloisolarerivestimento isolanterivestire con materiale isolanteaffaticamento per il fuso orario
atotrūkis
atpalikšanaatpaliktkavēšanāskavēties
zaostajati
lag
1 [læg]B. VI (also lag behind) (= not progress) → quedarse atrás; (in pace) → rezagarse, quedarse atrás
we lag behind in space exploration → nos hemos quedado atrás en la exploración del espacio
English students are lagging behind their European counterparts → los alumnos ingleses se están quedando atrás con respecto a sus homólogos europeos, los alumnos ingleses van a la zaga de sus homólogos europeos
we lag behind in space exploration → nos hemos quedado atrás en la exploración del espacio
English students are lagging behind their European counterparts → los alumnos ingleses se están quedando atrás con respecto a sus homólogos europeos, los alumnos ingleses van a la zaga de sus homólogos europeos
lag
2 [læg] VT [+ boiler, pipes] → revestir (with de)lag
3 [læg] N (esp Brit) old lag (= old prisoner) → (preso/a m/f) veterano/a m/f; (= ex-prisoner) → ex-presidiario/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
lag
[ˈlæg] n = time-lag
vt [+ pipes] → calorifuger
lag behind
vt fus [+ rival, competitor] → être à la traîne de
Britain can no longer afford to lag behind America → La Grande Bretagne ne peut plus se permettre d'être à la traîne de l'Amérique.
UK firms still lag behind their competitors in key areas → Les firmes britanniques sont toujours à la traîne de leurs concurrents dans des secteurs clés.
He now lags 10 points behind the champion
BUT Il est maintenant à 10 points derrière le champion.
Britain can no longer afford to lag behind America → La Grande Bretagne ne peut plus se permettre d'être à la traîne de l'Amérique.
UK firms still lag behind their competitors in key areas → Les firmes britanniques sont toujours à la traîne de leurs concurrents dans des secteurs clés.
He now lags 10 points behind the champion
BUT Il est maintenant à 10 points derrière le champion.
vi
(in league tables) → être derrière
[pupil] → prendre du retard
He was lagging behind in his lessons → Il avait pris du retard dans ses leçons.
He was lagging behind in his lessons → Il avait pris du retard dans ses leçons.
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lag
1n (= time-lag) → Zeitabstand m, → Zeitdifferenz f; (= delay) → Verzögerung f; there is too much of a lag → es vergeht zu viel Zeit; after a lag of six months → nach sechs Monaten, nachdem sechs Monate vergangen or verstrichen waren; there was a lag of six months between buying the house and moving in → das Haus konnte erst sechs Monate nach dem Kauf bezogen werden; the cultural lag is very apparent → der kulturelle Rückstand ist offensichtlich
vi (time) → langsam vergehen, dahinkriechen; (in pace) → zurückbleiben
lag
2lag
3n (inf: also old lag) → (ehemaliger) Knacki (inf)
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lag
1 [læg]1. vi (also lag behind) → restare indietro
we lag behind in space exploration → siamo ancora indietro nel campo dell'esplorazione spaziale
we lag behind in space exploration → siamo ancora indietro nel campo dell'esplorazione spaziale
lag
2 [læg] vt (boiler, pipes) → rivestire con or di materiale isolantelag
3 [læg] n (fam) old lag → vecchia conoscenza della poliziaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
lag
(lӕg) – past tense, past participle lagged – verb (often with behind) to move too slowly and become left behind. We waited for the smaller children, who were lagging behind the rest.
noun an act of lagging or the amount by which one thing is later than another. There is sometimes a time-lag of several seconds between our seeing the lightning and our hearing the thunder.
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lag
n. atraso, retraso; [slow growth] latencia;
___ time → período de latencia.
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lag
n retraso, intervalo; vi (pret & pp lagged; ger lagging) retrasarseEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.