lag
lag /læɡ/ verb (past tense and past participle lagged, present participle lagging)
lag noun [countable]
پس افتادن، عقب افتادن، پس فاز، زدن گوی از وسط زمین به مرز برای تعیین اغازکننده بازی (کروکه)، کندی، لنگی، واماندگی، عقب ماندگی، عقب ماندن، لنگیدن، پس افت، تاخیر کردن، علوم مهندسی: پس افت، روانشناسی: پس افتادگی، بازرگانی: تاخیر زمانی، ورزش: زدن گوی از وسط زمین به مرز برای تعیین اغازکننده بازی، علوم هوایی: تاخیر
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Synonyms & Related Wordslag[verb]Synonyms: hang back, dawdle, delay, linger, loiter, straggle, tarry, trail
Related Words: retard,
slacken,
slow,
stay [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English DictionaryI. lag1 /læɡ/
verb (
past tense and past participle lagged,
present participle lagging)
[
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language]
1. [intransitive and transitive] to move or develop more slowly than others
lag behind
She stopped to wait for Ian who was lagging behind. Britain is lagging behind the rest of Europe.2. [transitive] British English to cover water pipes etc with a special material to prevent the water inside them from freezing or the heat from being lost:
We’ve had the hot-water tank lagged. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. lag2 noun [countable] a delay or period of waiting between one event and a second event:
a time lag ⇒
jet lag,
old lag [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationslag verb ADV. badly, seriously | behind She did well in her first year at school but then started to lag behind. PREP. behind Britain still lags badly behind the rest of Europe on this. PHRASES lag far/way/well behind (sb/sth) The Tories are still lagging way behind in the opinion polls. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲