lag

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Adjective

1. {{cap|late}}.
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Last; long-delayed.
3. Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[gap]], a [[delay]]; an [[interval]] created by something not keeping up; a [[latency]].
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[delay|Delay]]; [[latency]].
3. {{lb|en|UK|Irish|slang|archaic}} One [[sentence]]d to [[transportation]] for a [[crime]].
4. {{lb|en|UK|Irish|slang}} A [[prisoner]], a [[criminal]].
5. {{lb|en|slang}} A period of [[imprisonment]].
6. {{lb|en|snooker}} 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. One who lags; that which comes in last.
8. The [[fag-end]]; the [[rump]]; hence, the lowest class.
9. A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially {{lb|en|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. {{lb|en|US|carpentry}} {{clipping of|en|lag screw}}.
11. 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. {{lb|en|computing|informal|video games}} To [[respond]] slowly.
4. {{lb|en|UK|slang|archaic}} To [[transport]] as a punishment for [[crime]].
5. {{lb|en|slang}} To [[arrest]] or [[apprehend]].
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To slacken

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