[
US
/ˈɫæɡ/
]
[ UK /lˈæɡ/ ]
[ UK /lˈæɡ/ ]
VERB
- throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
- hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
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lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
The suspects were imprisoned without trial -
cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
lag pipes
NOUN
- one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
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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
How To Use lag In A Sentence
- The lizard's light brown skin acts as camouflage in the desert sand.
- In 1949, "pseudo folksongs" were banned by Dalstroi, the Gulag mining camps in Kolyma. Not so secret: deal at the heart of UK-US intelligence
- Imagine an anthropologist visiting a remote tribal village to study its inhabitants.
- At any rate, she rolled up the cuffs of her camouflage cargo pants a few times so she didn't trip if today's class required running.
- Most choose to buy in more affordable villages a little way away. Times, Sunday Times
- The term "strategic" came up again earlier this year, when Ontario's provincial government set up a committee to debate a proposed merger between London Stock Exchange Group PLC and TMX Group Inc., operator of Canada's flagship Toronto Stock Exchange. Canada Turns Wary Eye to Foreign Bids
- I do sometimes wish we could flag posts that are in some way related to post flags, when I'm feeling a bit daffy, which is always. MetaTalk
- They were close to a little village which the English called Agincourt, and, though that is not quite its right name, it is what we have called the battle ever since. Young Folks' History of England
- In recent years, Laganside Corporation has transformed the inner core of Belfast city centre, specifically along the Lagan river and in the surrounding area.
- Here, however, they are unlikely to survive the frosts although both impatiens and pelagoniums can be kept for next year in a heated greenhouse or brought indoors and used as house plants.