āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to lag
01
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to fall behind in progress or development
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The economic recovery continued to lag compared to other sectors.
āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŽā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to cover or wrap a boiler, pipes, or similar items with material that helps retain heat
Transitive: to lag utilities
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The workers lagged the boiler to improve its energy efficiency.
āĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ° āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĢāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ§āĻ°āĻž
to catch, arrest, or imprison someone
Transitive: to lag sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The judge ordered the criminal to be lagged until the trial.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ āĻāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ
āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĢāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĨ¤
01
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦ, āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§
the act of slowing down or falling behind
02
āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻĢāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ, āĻāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻž
one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The lag in the system caused the video to freeze for several seconds.
āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŽā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
lagger
lagging
lagging
lag
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
