[{"word":"lags","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Delay; latency.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"One sentenced to transportation for a crime.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A prisoner, a criminal.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"One who lags; that which comes in last.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A bird, the greylag.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["latency"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material (referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To transport as a punishment for crime.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cause to lag; to slacken.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lag","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lags"]}]