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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Lag \Lag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lagged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Lagging.]
     To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or
     loiter. ``I shall not lag behind.'' --Milton.
  
     Syn: To loiter; linger; saunter; delay; be tardy.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Lagging \Lag"ging\, n.
     1. (Mach.) The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as
        of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of
        heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and
        cleading.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib
        to another in the centering of arches.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Lagging \Lag"ging\, n.
     1. (Mach.) The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as
        of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of
        heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and
        cleading.
  
     2. Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib
        to another in the centering of arches.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Lag \Lag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lagged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Lagging.]
     To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or
     loiter. ``I shall not lag behind.'' --Milton.
  
     Syn: To loiter; linger; saunter; delay; be tardy.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  lagging
       n : used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to
           prevent loss of heat

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  lag
       n 1: the act of slowing down or falling behind [syn: slowdown,
            retardation]
       2: the time between one event, process, or period and another
          [syn: interim]
       3: one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a
          barrel or bucket [syn: stave]
       v 1: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress,
            development, etc. [syn: dawdle, fall back, fall
            behind]
       2: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were
          imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated
          for the rest of his life" [syn: imprison, incarcerate,
           immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put
          away, remand]
       3: throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
       4: cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"
       [also: lagging, lagged]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  lagging
       See lag

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  lagging
     Αγγλικά a.
     αργοπόρος, που αργοπορώ
     Αγγλικά n.
     θερμομονωτικό υλικό

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  lagging
     a.
     1 falling behind, not keeping up the pace
     2 Occurring after; indicating the later phase of
     n.
     1 The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as
  insulation or for protection.
     2 The material so used.
     3 (lb en slang countable) A prison sentence, originally one of at
  least three years.
     vb.
     (inflection of en lag  pres part)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  lagging
     a.
     1 falling behind, not keeping up the pace
     2 Occurring after; indicating the later phase of
     n.
     1 The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as
  insulation or for protection.
     2 The material so used.
     3 (lb en slang countable) A prison sentence, originally one of at
  least three years.
     vb.
     (inflection of en lag  pres part)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  lagging
     a.
     1 falling behind, not keeping up the pace
     2 Occurring after; indicating the later phase of
     n.
     1 The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as
  insulation or for protection.
     2 The material so used.
     3 (lb en slang countable) A prison sentence, originally one of at
  least three years.
     vb.
     (inflection of en lag  pres part)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  lagging
     a.
     1 falling behind, not keeping up the pace
     2 Occurring after; indicating the later phase of
     n.
     1 The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as
  insulation or for protection.
     2 The material so used.
     3 (lb en slang countable) A prison sentence, originally one of at
  least three years.
     vb.
     (inflection of en lag  pres part)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  lagging
     Englanti a.
     laiska

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  lagging
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en lag ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb lag)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Lagging /lˈaɡɪŋ/
  العازل

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  lagging /lˈaɡɪŋ/ 
  zpožďování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  lagging /lˈaɡɪŋ/ 
  izolace