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Word | Låg |
Afrikaans Meaning | lag |
the act of slowing down or falling behind / the time between one event, process, or period and another / Coming tardily after or behind / to follow along slowly behind others / a period of time between one event or phenomenon and another. / one that lags or is last / a: the act or the condition of lagging b: comparative slowness or retardation c (1) : an amount of lagging or the time during which lagging continues (2): a space of time especially between related events or phenomena : interval / the action of lagging for opening shot (as in marbles or billiards) / a usually long putt struck with the aim of having the ball stop near the hole / a: to stay or fall behind : linger, loiter b: to move, function, or develop with comparative slowness c: to become retarded in attaining maximum value / to slacken or weaken gradually : flag / to toss or roll a marble toward a line or a cue ball toward the head cushion to determine order of play / to hit a lag putt / to lag behind current that lags the voltage / to pitch or shoot (as a coin or marble) at a mark / to hit (a golf ball or putt) with the aim of having the ball stop near the hole / last, hindmost / a barrel stave / a stave, slat, or strip (as of wood or asbestos) forming part of a covering for a cylindrical object / to cover or provide with lags / slang chiefly British : to transport or jail for crime / slang chiefly British : arrest / slang chiefly British a: a person transported for crime b: convict c: an ex-convict / slang chiefly British : a jail sentence : stretch, | |
Usage | ⇒ He is lagging belind is studies ⇒ we're now in the lag end of the project ⇒ there was a time lag between the commission of the crime and its reporting to the police ⇒ she always lags behind the rest of us |
Synonyms | linger, dawdle, drag, trail, delay, loiter, dally, tarry, slow, poke, fall behind, retardation, straggle, falter, procrastinate, slowing, flag, hang back, slowdown, fail, |
Antonyms | rush, hasten, run, accompany, administrate, bang, beginning, bolt, bring, bustle, cannonball along, carry, charge, hurry, hustle, boot, acceleration, career, catch up, celerity, |
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