lag
/læɡ/noun, verb1 syllable
Lag means: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.
Synonyms for lag18
noun, as in the act of slowing down or falling behind
noun, as in one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
verb, as in lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
verb, as in hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
What does lag mean?7
verb
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail“The suspects were imprisoned without trial”
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
cover with lagging to prevent heat loss“lag pipes”
noun
the time between one event, process, or period and another“meanwhile the socialists are running the government”
the act of slowing down or falling behind
one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with lag?18
Lag in a sentence
- We should read the newspaper so as not to lag behind the times.auxitt
- I've got a bad case of jet lag.CK
- How do you handle travel fatigue and jet lag?Amastan
- It's been a week, but I'm still suffering from jet lag.CK
- I've been back for a week, but I'm still suffering from jet lag.AlanF_US
- I've been back home for a week, but I'm still suffering from jet lag.AlanF_US
- Actually, I still haven't gotten over my jet lag.frpzzd
- Whenever I go abroad, I suffer from jet lag and diarrhea.RJH
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of lag
as a noun
- plural
- lags
as a verb
- past tense
- lagged
- present participle
- lagging
- third-person singular
- lags