lag
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of slowing down or falling behind
Types & categories
- holdup hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the time between one event, process, or period and another
meanwhile the socialists are running the government
Types & categories
- interval hypernym
- interregnum hyponym
Sense 4 verb
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
The suspects were imprisoned without trial
Types & categories
- detain hypernym
Related & opposite
- remand derivation
- internment derivation
- imprisonment derivation
- jail derivation
- screw derivation
- captivity derivation
- law domain topic
Sense 5 noun
one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
Types & categories
- slat hypernym
Parts & wholes
- barrel part holonym
Sense 6 verb
throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
Types & categories
- toss hypernym
Sense 7 verb
cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
lag pipes
Types & categories
- cover hypernym
Related & opposite
- lagging derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | decelerate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slow down |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slacken |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slow up |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lag |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | retard |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | holdup |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | slowdown |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trailer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | follow |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trail |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | interval |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | interregnum |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | remand |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | internment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | imprisonment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | jail |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | screw |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | captivity |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | detain |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | barrel |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | slat |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | toss |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | lagging |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | cover |