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lag1 / lag/ • v. (lagged , lag·ging ) [intr.] fall behind in movement, progress, or development; not keep pace with another or others: they stopped to wait for one of the children who was lagging behind. • n. 1. (also time lag) a period of time between one event or phenomenon and another: there was a time lag between the commission of the crime and its reporting to the police. 2. Physics a retardation in an electric current or movement. DERIVATIVES: lag·ger n. lag2 • v. (lagged , lag·ging ) [tr.] (usu. be lagged) enclose or cover (a boiler, pipes, etc.) with material that provides heat insulation: [as adj.] (lagged) a lagged hot-water tank. • n. the nonheat-conducting cover of a boiler, etc.; lagging. ∎ a piece of this. DERIVATIVES: lag·ger n. lag3 chiefly Brit., inf. • n. a person who has been frequently convicted and sent to prison: both old lags were sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. • v. (lagged , lag·ging ) [tr.] archaic arrest or send to prison. |
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"lag." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "lag." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-lag.html "lag." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-lag.html |
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lag1 fail to keep pace, fall behind. XVI. contemp. with lag sb.1 last or hindmost person, and adj. hindmost, falling behind, which may be a perversion of LAST3 in fog, seg, lag, used dial. in children's games for ‘first, second, last’.
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T. F. HOAD. "lag." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "lag." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-lag.html T. F. HOAD. "lag." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-lag.html |
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lag3 stave of a barrel XVII; lath or strip of material in a covering or casing (whence vb.) XIX. prob. of Scand. orig., cf. ON. lǫgg rim of a barrel, f. Gmc. *laʒ-LAY1.
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T. F. HOAD. "lag." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "lag." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-lag2.html T. F. HOAD. "lag." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-lag2.html |
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lag A normal, dip-slip fault, dipping less than 45°, on which there has been a relative downward displacement of the hanging wall. See also FAULT.
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "lag." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "lag." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-lag.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "lag." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-lag.html |
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DARREL INCE. "lag." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DARREL INCE. "lag." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-lag.html DARREL INCE. "lag." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-lag.html |
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lag2 †carry off, steal XVI; (sl.) transport, apprehend XIX. of unkn. orig.
Hence lag sb.2 (sl.) convict; term of penal servitude. XIX. |
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T. F. HOAD. "lag." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "lag." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-lag1.html T. F. HOAD. "lag." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-lag1.html |
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lag •bag, blag, brag, Bragg, crag, dag, drag, fag, flag, gag, hag, jag, lag, mag, nag, quag, rag, sag, scrag, shag, slag, snag, sprag, stag, swag, tag, wag, zag
•ragbag • saddlebag
•handbag, sandbag
•gasbag • ratbag • air bag • mailbag
•fleabag, tea bag
•beanbag • windbag • kitbag • dillybag
•carpet bag • washbag • growbag
•nosebag
•bumbag, scumbag
•punchbag • Stalag • jetlag • greylag
•gulag • dishrag • bullyrag • Morag
•ragtag • dog tag • Sontag • wigwag
•chinwag
•scallywag (US scallawag) • zigzag
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"lag." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "lag." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-lag.html "lag." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-lag.html |
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