Dictionary definition · lag
noun
- the act of slowing down or falling behind
- the time between one event, process, or period and another"meanwhile the socialists are running the government"
- one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
verb
- hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail"The suspects were imprisoned without trial"
- throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
- cover with lagging to prevent heat loss"lag pipes"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).