Definitions for lagging



Overview of noun lagging

The noun lagging has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. lagging

(used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat)


Overview of verb lag

The verb lag has 4 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (7) lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind

(hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.)

2. imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand

(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")

3. lag

(throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins)

4. lag

(cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes")

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