'Lagging' definitions:
Definition of 'lagging'
(from WordNet)
noun
Used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat
Definition of 'Lagging'
From: GCIDE
- Lagging \Lag"ging\, n.
- 1. (Mach.) The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lagging'
From: GCIDE
- Lag \Lag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Lagging.] To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter. "I shall not lag behind." --Milton.
- Syn: To loiter; linger; saunter; delay; be tardy. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lagging'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afterthought,
- backward,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- bureaucratic delay,
- dalliance,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- delaying,
- detention,
- dilatoriness,
- dilatory,
- dillydallying,
- double take,
- dragging,
- easygoing,
- foot-dragging,
- halt,
- hang-up,
- hindrance,
- holdup,
- interim,
- jam,
- lackadaisical,
- lag,
- laggard,
- lax,
- lazy,
- lingering,
- logjam,
- loitering,
- lollygagging,
- Micawberish,
- moratorium,
- obstruction,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- procrastinating,
- procrastination,
- procrastinative,
- procrastinatory,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- remiss,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- shilly-shallying,
- shuffling,
- slack,
- slow,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowness,
- sluggish,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- suspension,
- tarrying,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- wait