see|låg
English

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æɡ|-æɡ

Adjective
en-adj|lagg|er
rfv-inflection|lagger

1. late

Quotations
1592: Some tardy cripple bore the countermand, / That came too lag to see him buried. — William Shakespeare, King Richard III

Noun
en-noun

1. a gap; an interval created by something not keeping up
2. UK|slang a prisoner, a criminal.
3. internet bad connection, loss of connection

Quotations

2004: During the Second World War, for instance, the Washington Senators had a starting rotation that included four knuckleball pitchers. But, still, I think that some of that was just a generational lag. — The New Yorker Online, 10 May 2004

Related terms
time lag
jet lag

Verb
en-verb|lag|g|ed

1. to not keep up (the pace), to fall behind
2. to cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material

Quotations
to fail to keep up

1587???: Lazy beast! / Why last art thou now? Thou hast never used / To lag thus hindmost — George Chapman, The Odysseys of Homer

1596: Behind her farre away a Dwarfe did lag, / That lasie seemd in being ever last, / Or wearied with bearing of her bag / Of needments at his backe. — Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Canto I

1798: Brown skeletons of leaves that lag / My forest-brook along — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in seven parts, 1798

Construction: to lag behind

???: While he, whose tardy feet had lagg'd behind, / Was doom'd the sad reward of death to find. — The Metamorphoses of Ovid translated into English verse under the direction of Sir Samuel Garth by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, William Congreve and other eminent hands

2004: Over the next fifty years, by most indicators dear to economists, the country remained the richest in the world. But by another set of numbersâ��longevity and income inequalityâ��it began to lag behind Northern Europe and Japan. — The New Yorker, 5 April 2004

to cover with felt strips
1974???: Outside seems old enough: / Red brick, lagged pipes, and someone walking by it / Out to the car park, free. — Philip Larkin, The Building

Anagrams
gal

Derived terms
lagging
laggard

See also
tardy

Afrikaans

Etymology
Dutch lachen

Verb
lag

1. laugh

Category:Afrikaans verbs

Danish

Noun
lag

1. layer

Category:Danish nouns

Dutch

Verb form
lag

1. singular past tense of liggen

Category:Dutch verb forms

Faroese

Pronunciation
IPA|[l�a�]

Noun
lag n

1. layer
2. (in compounds) what belongs together (company, union)
3. regularity, order
4. skill, capability
5. method, system
6. importance
7. mood
8. design, shape
9. melody

Usage notes
what belongs together
i-c|in compounds felag, hjúnalag, etc.
order
í lagi - in order, all right, ok
skill
hann hevur gott lag á tí - he has good skills in that
importance
tað liggur einki lag á - this is not important
mood
tað er einki lag á honum - he is in a bad mood

Declension
fo-decl-noun-n6|l|a|g|ø

Category:Faroese nouns
Category:fo:Music

German

Verb form
lag

1. 1st and 3rd person singular past tense of liegen

Category:German verb forms

Icelandic
Fallbeyging hk sb 01 ö|l|g

Noun
lag n

1. layer
2. song

Category:Icelandic nouns

Irish

Adjective
lag

1. weak

Category:Irish adjectives

Swedish

Etymology 1
rfe|lang=sv
Pronunciation
audio|Sv-lag.ogg|audio

Noun
sv-noun-reg-ar
infl|sv|noun|g=c

1. law; a written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and the appropriate consequences thereof. Laws are usually associated with mores.
2. law; the body of written rules governing a society.
3. law; a one-sided contract.
4. law; an observed physical law.
5. mathematics|lang=sv law; a statement that is true under specified conditions.

See also
lagens långa arm
lagbok
lagföra

Etymology 2
rfe|lang=sv
Pronunciation
audio|Sv-lag.ogg|audio

Noun
sv-noun-reg-ar
infl|sv|noun|g=c

1. context|cooking|lang=sv a water-based solution of sugar, salt and/or other spices; e.g. brine

Derived terms
saltlag
sockerlag
ättikslag

Etymology 3
rfe|lang=sv

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-lag.ogg|audio

Noun
sv-noun-n-zero
infl|sv|noun|g=n

1. team; group of people which in sports compete together versus another team; or in general, work closely together

See also
lagarbete
lagsport
lagspel

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