lag

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Adj

1. Late.
2. (obsolete) Last; long-delayed.
3. Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.

Noun

1. (countable) A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
2. (uncountable) Delay; latency.
3. (Ireland, UK, archaic, countable, slang, uncountable) One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
4. (Ireland, UK, countable, slang, uncountable) A prisoner, a criminal.
5. (countable, slang, uncountable) A period of imprisonment.
6. (countable, uncountable) A method of deciding which player is to start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
7. (countable, uncountable) One who lags; that which comes in last.
8. (countable, uncountable) The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
9. (countable, uncountable) A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
10. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of lag screw.
11. (countable, uncountable) A bird, the greylag.

Verb

1. To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
2. To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material.
3. (informal) To respond slowly.
4. (UK, archaic, slang) To transport as a punishment for crime.
5. (UK, archaic, slang) To arrest or apprehend.
6. (transitive) To slacken

Têgeh

گهڕان

Hevwate

delay

dawdle

fall behind

retardation

coat

🧥

protect

cover

overlay

fall back

plate

back

🔙

gaol

dally

time lag

remand

arrest

face

lath

lagging

imprison

stave

loiter

be slow

defer

tardiness

wrap up

gap

put behind bars

put away

detain

meanwhile

meantime

procrastinate

slowdown

lateness

jug

jail

incarcerate

drag

interim

immure

interval

linger

batten

apprehend

creep

backward

hold up

hang

convict

Werger

capear

encapar

καθυστερώ

overtrekken

bekleden

cobrir

beziehen

revestir

entapissar

καθυστέρηση

folrar

χρονοτριβώ

überziehen

chapear

enfronhar

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/læɡ/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Probably North Germanic origin.