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Definitions: Lag |
LagNoun1. The act of slowing down or falling behind. 2. The time between one event, process, or period and another. 3. One of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket. Verb1. Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. 2. Lock up in jail. 3. Throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins. 4. Cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lag" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Computing | Lag n. [MUD, IRC; very common] When used without qualification this is synomous with netlag. Curiously, people will often complain "I'm really lagged" when in fact it is their server or network connection that is lagging. Source: Jargon File. |
Aerospace | 1. The delay between change of conditions and the indication of the change on an instrument. 2. Delay in human reaction.3. The amount one cyclic motion is behind another, expressed in degrees. The opposite is lead. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | The failure of the output current to follow variations of the light input instantaneously. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The phase difference of the second quantity with respect to the first. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Geography | 1. referring to discharge or water level:the time elapsing between the occurrence ofcorresponding changes in discharge or water level at two points in a river 2. referring to runoff of rainfall:the time between the centre of mass, or beginning, of rainfall to the peak, or centre of mass, of runoff 3. referring to snow melting:the time between the beginning of snow melt and the start of the resulting runoff. Source: European Union. (references) |
Hydrologic | The measure of the time between the center of mass of precipitation to the center of mass of runoff (on the hydrograph); basin lag is a function of not only basin characteristics, but also of storm intensity and movement. Some hydrologic texts define lag from the center of mass of rainfall to the hydrograph peak. Lag (of a basin). (references) |
| The time it takes a flood wave to move downstream. Lag (Time). (references) | |
Industry | One unit of the pattern chain controlling the operating of a dobby, box-motion, or other mechanism. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Kirschner beater; carding beater. Used in cotton pickers, it is made up of three. . . -- fastened to the beater arms. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mathematics | An event occurring at time t + k(k greater than O)is said to lag behind event occurring at time t, the extent of the lag being k. An event occurring k time units before another may be regarded as having a negative lag. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | The time elapsing between application of a stimulus and the resulting reaction. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. To place planks, slabs, or small timbers over horizontal, or behind upright, members of mine timber sets to form a ceiling or wall b. In flotation, any retardation of an output with respect to the causal input c. A flattish piece of wood or other material to wedge the timber or steel supports against the ground and to secure the area between the supports. See also:lid; wedge d. To protect a shaft or level from falling rock by lining it with timber (lagging) e. Time required for circulation liquid to travel downward from the drill pump through the drill string to the bit or upward from the bottom of the borehole to the collar f. The lapse of time between the occurrence of an event or condition and its detection on a recording device g. To provide or cover with lags; as, to lag a boiler with a nonconductor; to lag timbers in a mine. See also:lags; lagging. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | LAG. A man transported. The cove was lagged for a drag. The man was transported for stealing something out of a waggon. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Lag can be used as follows, "Gee, anybody else noticing that Wikipedia is lagging periodically, or is it just me?"
In computer science, proposals to alleviate lag are part of Quality of Service.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lag."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
LAG | English | Local action group | European Union |
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Synonyms: LagSynonyms: interim (n), retardation (n), slowdown (n), stave (n), dawdle (v), fall back (v), fall behind (v), gaol (v), immure (v), imprison (v), incarcerate (v), jail (v), jug (v), put away (v), put behind bars (v), remand (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inactivity | Verb: be inactive; Adjective: do nothing; move slowly; let the grass grow under one's feet; take one's time, dawdle, drawl, droil, lag, hang back, slouch; loll, lollop; lounge, poke, loaf, loiter; go to sleep over; sleep at one's post, ne battre que d'une aile. |
Idler, drone, droil, dawdle, mopus; do-little faineant, dummy, sleeping partner; afternoon farmer; truant; (runaway) : bummer, loafer, goldbrick, goldbicker, lounger, lazzarone; lubber, lubbard; slow coach; (slow.); opium eater, lotus eater; slug; lag, sluggard, slugabed; slumberer, dormouse, marmot; waiter on Providence, fruges consumere natus. | |
Slowness | Verb: move slowly; adVerb: creep, crawl, lag, slug, drawl, linger, loiter, saunter; plod, trudge, stump along, lumber; trail, drag; dawdle; (be inactive); grovel, worm one's way, steal along; job on, rub on, bundle on; toddle, waddle, wabble, slug, traipse, slouch, shuffle, halt, hobble, limp, caludicate, shamble; flag, falter, trotter, stagger; mince, step short; march in slow time, march in funeral procession; take one's time; hang fire; (be late). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1973) Jet Lag (2001) Lag B'Omer (1998) | |
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Health | A condition characterized by lag in physical growth and development. (references) | |
This problem can result from stress, jet lag, diet, or many other factors. (references) | ||
No data have been presented to support noninfectious causes of TD such as changes in diet, jet lag, altitude, and fatigue. (references) | ||
Business | The length of electrified lines totals 2,590 km. The quality of railways lag behind the level common in developed European countries. (references) | |
Men not only lag behind women in terms of consumption, but also women are the key purchasers of male-specific nutritional supplements. (references) | ||
South African businesses, particularly large companies are generally leading adopters of technology, and lag only slightly behind developed countries. (references) | ||
Economic History | Pakistan | Soybean imports, however, lag because of an anomaly in the tariff and tax code, which act as disincentives to soybean imports. (references) |
Denmark | Growth in imports of goods in 2001 is expected to lag behind growth in exports, reflecting the effects of the 1998 economic measures. (references) | |
Croatia | While the 2000 tourism levels were important for the Croatian economy accounting for more than 14% of GDP, they still lag behind the pre-war levels. (references) | |
Minorities | Burma | Economic development among minorities continues to lag, leaving many persons living below subsistence levels. (references) |
Philippines | Provinces in Mindanao that are predominantly Muslim lag behind the rest of the region in almost all aspects of socioeconomic development. (references) | |
Political Economy | Togo | Economic growth continued to lag behind population growth. (references) |
Trade | Kazakhstan | These high rates are set partly because the rates lag behind falling inflation and partly because the banks are trying to compensate for losses due to bad loans in the past. (references) |
Women | Czech Republic | Women's median wages lag behind those of men by roughly 20 percent, although the gap is narrowing. (references) |
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Rush Limbaugh | Tom Daschle opposes the stimulus plan not for any reason other than he wants the economy to lag so he can use it as an issue to help Democrats win the election in November. |
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Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | As we continue our advances in medical science, we cannot let our health care system lag behind. |
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| "Lag" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 61.51% of the time. "Lag" is used about 278 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 61.51% | 171 | 23,814 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 17.99% | 50 | 48,117 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 13.67% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.12% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (common) | 0.72% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 278 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "lag": aerodynamic lag ♦ culture lag ♦ distributed lag ♦ do a lag ♦ heat lag ♦ jet lag ♦ Jet Lag Syndrome ♦ lag behind ♦ lag bolt ♦ lag b'Omer ♦ Lag of the tide ♦ lag regression ♦ lag risk ♦ lag screw ♦ magnetic lag ♦ phase lag ♦ response lag ♦ thermal lag ♦ time lag. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "lag": lag-ships, lag-time. | |
Ending with "lag": jet-lag, lead-lag, time-lag. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
jet lag | 263 |
lag | 81 |
no jet lag | 42 |
lag bolt | 37 |
lag screw | 27 |
lag wagon | 23 |
lag rikes sveriges | 11 |
cure jet lag | 8 |
lag lyrics wagon | 8 |
lag ohms | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "lag"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | lëshohem (be launched, cave in, fail, flag, flop, go down, hibernate, languish, rush on, stoop, unwind), vonesë (arrears, delay, hold, hold up, lateness, retardation, retardment, stunt, tardiness), rreth fuçie (band, hoop), prapambetje (arrears, backwardness, blizzard, chute, inferiority), ndërkohë (interim, interval, meantime, meanwhile, whiles), mbetem pas (draggle, drop back, drop behind, fall behind, hang back), material izolues (lagging), keqbërës (culprit, felonious, hoodlum, malefactor, raider, wrongdoer), izoloj (insulate, isolate, ostracize, seclude, segregate, sequester), interval kohe (distance, headway, slot, span), dobësohem (become weak, decay, dilute, ebb, fail, flag, grow feeble, grow thin, languish, melt, reduce, relax, sink, slip, tone down, wane, weaken, wilt). (various references) | |
Arabic | فترة فاصلة (comma, interlude, interstice, parenthesis, shift), فتر (cool, cool down, flag, freeze, languish), فارق الزمن (shift, time lag), نفى مجرما, حافظ الحرارة (lagging), تخلف (be in arrears, be retarded, default, drag, drop behind, fall behind, go to sleep, go under, linger, loiter, lurk, retardation, retrograde, tardiness), تأخر (be delayed, be in arrears, be late, go slow, hold back, late, lateness, leeway, loiter, retard, tardiness), تباطأ (dawdle, decelerate, linger, slop, slow), جهز بحافظ الحرارة, الأخير (hindmost, last, late, later, rear, rearmost), إعتقل (apprehend, arrest, be detained, lock up, nab, pick up, restrain, seize, sneeze), بطء (delay, lateness, slowness, sluggishness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | закъснял (back, belated, delayed, dilatory, late, overdue, tardy), изостаналост, изоставам (break away, cast off, drag, fall behind, fall out, lose, pack in, run behind, tail away, tail off), изоставяне (abandonment, arrears, dereliction, desertion, exposure, neglect, relinquishment, renouncement, renunciation), последен (dernier, end, final, last, last ditch, latest, latter, lattermost, new, outside, parting, recent, red-hot, terminal, the last, ultimate, uttermost), пращам на заточение (ostracize), пращам на каторга, пращам в затвора (send down, send up, send up the river), лента кече, забавям се (retard), изместване (displacement, offset, shift), закъснение (delay, lateness, put off, retardation, retardment, tardiness), фазова разлика, затворник (gaol-bird, inmate, jailbird, prisoner), мая се (linger, procrastinate, stooge around), най-заден (backmost, hindmost, lattermost, rearmost), обшивам (lace, plate, sheathe), обшивка (coat, coating, liner, lining, shell, siding, skin, welt), оставям назад, време прекарано в каторга, каторжник (galley slave, transport), тътря се (creep, drag, flop about, jog, scuffle, shamble, shuffle), забавяне (arrest, deferment, delay, inhibition, moderation, postponement, put off, retardation, retardment, slowdown, stasis). (various references) | |
Chinese | 落後 (backward, fall behind), 滞后 (Lagged). (various references) | |
Czech | loudat se (amble, dally, dawdle, dawdle about, dawdle over one's work, hang back, hang behind, linger, loiter, saunter, trail, traipse), zpoždìní (delay, hold up, retardation), prodleva, izolovat (enisle, insulate, isolate). (various references) | |
Danish | lag (bed, coat, course, layer, level, ply, round, seam, sheath, sheet, slab, stratum, streak, tier, veneer, veneer sheet), træghed (inactivity, inertia, smearing), tidsforskydning (distributed lag), negativ fasedifferens (phase lag), manglende frø inden for den ønskede frøafstand (empty cells, misses), mønsterelement, forskalle, forsinkelse (dead time, delay, lay time, retardation, time of travel), efterslæb (back pay, backwage payment, retroactive pay, smearing, streaking). (various references) | |
Dutch | lege cellen (empty cells, misses), lag (lay time, time of travel), vertraging (deceleration, delay, delay period, delay time, lay time, retardation, time of travel, transmission delay), tijdsverschil, tijdsverloop (time period), patroonlement, naijlen, faseachterstand (phase lag), achterblijven (remain, smearing). (various references) | |
Farsi | کندی , لنگیدن (Clop, Halt, Hobble, Limp, Stagger), لنگی (Limp), واماندگی , تاخیرکردن (Dally, Defer, Delay, Demurrage, Linger, Loiter, Retard, Tarry), عقب ماندن , عقب ماندگی . (various references) | |
Finnish | viive (break in the work, dead time, delay, delay time, down time, dwell, lay time, smearing, time of travel, time stood-off, transmission delay, waiting time), vaihejättämä (phase lag), hitaus (hysteresis, inertia, sloth, slowness, sluggishness, smearing). (various references) | |
French | retard (late, lateness), décalage (time lag). (various references) | |
German | verzögerung (abeyance, adjournment, braking effect, deceleration, delay, delaying, hesitation, hiatus, hold up, n., negative acceleration, negative G, negative load factor, procrastination, retardation, slippage, slowing down, time delay, time lag, transmission delay). (various references) | |
Greek | υστέρηση (hysteresis, magnetic lag, meter slip, slippage, slow registration). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מכס" (allocation, amount, norm, quantity, quota, stint, valuation, worth), לפ'ר (be backward, be retarded, be slow, drop behind, fall behind, straggle, trail), לאחר (after, be late, come late, delay, detain, overstay), פ'ור (arrear, backwardness, delay, lagging, regression, retardation, tardiness), "ב"ל זמן. (various references) | |
Hungarian | lemaradás (arrear, arrears, fallback, lagging), késés (delay, lateness, leeway), rab (captive, prisoner), késedelem (default, delay, put off), börtöntöltelék (caitiff, gaol-bird, jailbird, yardbird). (various references) | |
Indonesian | ketinggalan (left behind). (various references) | |
Italian | ritardo (arrearage, delay, detention, drag, hesitation, late, lateness, retard, retardation, retardment, tardiness, time delay, time lag). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 遅れ (delay), 後れ (backwardness, defeat, failure). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おくれ (backwardness, defeat, delay, failure). (various references) | |
Korean | 래그. (various references) | |
Manx | soailley (bind, lagging, swaddle, swathe, swathing, wrap, wrapper), shenn-phryssoonagh (gaolbird, jailbird), cumrail (delay, detain, deter, encumber, encumbrance, hindrance, loiter, obstruction, prevent). (various references) | |
Norwegian | sommel. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | atraso (arrear, arrears, backwardness, dead time, delay, lagging, lateness, lay time, meter slip, retard, retardation, retardment, slippage, slow registration, time of travel). (various references) | |
Romanian | zãbovire, zãbovi (linger, loiter, Tarry), rãmânere în urmã (arrearage, lagging), rãmâne în urmã (drop astern, drop behind, fall behind, hang, lose, straggle), pedeapsã (calamity, castigation, chastisement, cuss, discipline, imposition, pain, payment, pedate, penalty, penance, performance, plague, punishment, retribution, rod, sanction, trouble), doagã (stave), condamnat (convict, done for, prisoner, probationer), cãptuşi cu izolaţie termicã, şipcã (chip, lath, lathing, slat, strip), aresta (apprehend, arrest, confine, grab, have up, nab, pinch, prison, seize, take into custody, trap), întemniţa (gaol, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lock up, pound, prison, secure), întârziere (deferment, delay, lagging, lateness, retard, retardation, retardment, tardiness), întârzia (defer, delay, drive, impede, laten, linger, lose, retard, stave off). (various references) | |
Russian | каторжник, отставать (be in arrears, drag, drop behind, fall behind, lag behind, lose ground, slow, straggle), отставание (arrears, backlog), медлить (delay, draggle, hang fire, hang up, linger, loiter, procrastinate, tarry), замедление (deceleration, letdown, moderation, retardation, retardment, slowdown, slowing-down), запаздывать (be behind schedule, be behind with, lagging), запаздывание (hysteresis, lagging), задержка (backoff, backset, back-set, check, delay, detention, foot-dragging, hitch, holdback, holdup, impediment, lagging, lateness, retardation, retardment, set back, setback, suppression, throwback, time-delay, time-lag), задерживаться (dwelt, hold off, linger, lingered, stat out late, times-out), бочарная клепка. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zaostati (drop behind, fall behind, lag behind, trail), zaostajati (straggle), usporavanje (go slow, retardation, slowdown), robija (hard labor, hard labour), osuđenik (convict). (various references) | |
Spanish | atrasarse (be late, fall behind, lose time), retraso (a delay, abeyance, adjournment, delay, delay period, delay time, drag, lateness, lay time, retardation, retardment, time of travel). (various references) | |
Swedish | söla (dally, doodle away, draggle, linger, loiter, soil), eftersläpning (delay, drag, slip, smearing, tailing), bli efter (draggle, drop behind, fall behind). (various references) | |
Thai | ล้าหลัง (lag behind), ค่อยๆ อ่อนล้าลง. (various references) | |
Turkish | yalıtım malzemesi ile kaplamak, tahta kaplamak (board, board up, clapboard, plank), mahkum (captive, con, convict), kazan kaplama tahtası, hükümlü (condemned, convict, culprit, prisoner, sentenced), geri kalmak (draw back, fall behind, hang back, hang behind, lag behind, lose), geri kalma (being late, postponement), gecikmek (be hung up, be late, be tardy, delay, fall behind with, hold off, lag behind), gecikme (delay, detention, hold up, hysteresis, lateness, leeway, retardation, tardiness), duraklamak (come to a standstill, lag behind, pause), duraklama (discontinuance, discontinuation, standstill). (various references) | |
Ukranian | каторжник, відставати (be in arrears, drag, drop behind, fall behind, hang back, lag behind, lose time, retard, stand behind, straggle), відставання (arrearage, arrears, lagging, leeway, retard, retardation), висилати на каторгу, зрушення фаз, запізнюватися (be behind schedule), плентатися (dodder, drawl, inch along, navigate, plug along, scuff, scuffle, shamble, trudge). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự chậm (retardation, retardment). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Middle English | 1100-1500 | lag-mon. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lag": lagan, lagans, lagend, lagends, lager, lagered, lagering, lagers, laggard, laggardly, laggardness, laggardnesses, laggards, lagged, lagger, laggers, lagging, laggings, lagnappe, lagnappes, lagniappe, lagniappes, lagomorph, lagomorphs, lagoon, lagoonal, lagoons, lags, laguna, lagunas, lagune, lagunes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "lag": beflag, clag, flag, graylag, greylag, gulag, slag, stalag. (additional references) | |
Words containing "lag": algolagnia, algolagniac, algolagniacs, algolagnias, anlage, anlagen, anlages, antiplague, antiplagues, archipelagic, archipelago, archipelagoes, archipelagos, assemblage, assemblages, assemblagist, assemblagists, barrelage, barrelages, bathypelagic, beflagged, beflagging, beflags, biflagellate, bricolage, bricolages, camouflage, camouflageable, camouflaged, camouflages, camouflagic, camouflaging, cartilage, cartilages, cartilaginous, clagged, clagging, clags, collage, collaged, collagen, collagenase, collagenases, collagenous, collagens, collages, collaging, collagist, collagists, conflagrant, conflagration, conflagrations, curtilage, curtilages, deflagrate, deflagrated, deflagrates, deflagrating, deflagration, deflagrations, diallage, diallages, dinoflagellate, dinoflagellates, ensilage, ensilaged, ensilages, ensilaging, epipelagic, filagree, filagreed, filagreeing, filagrees, flagella, flagellant, flagellantism, flagellantisms, flagellants, flagellar, flagellate, flagellated, flagellates, flagellating, flagellation, flagellations, flagellin, flagellins, flagellum, flagellums, flageolet, flageolets, flagged, flagger, flaggers, flaggier, flaggiest, flagging, flaggingly, flaggings, flaggy, flagitious, flagitiously, flagitiousness, flagitiousnesses, flagless, flagman, flagmen, flagon, flagons, flagpole, flagpoles, flagrance, flagrances, flagrancies, flagrancy, flagrant, flagrantly, flags, flagship, flagships, flagstaff, flagstaffs, flagstaves, flagstick, flagsticks, flagstone, flagstones, fuselage, fuselages, galago, galagos, graylags, greylags, grillage, grillages, gulags, haulage, haulages, haylage, haylages, hemoflagellate, hemoflagellates, hypallage, hypallages, intertillage, intertillages, intervillage, keelage, keelages, malaguena, malaguenas, maquillage, maquillages, mesopelagic, milage, milages, millage, millages, moulage, moulages, mucilage, mucilages, mucilaginous, mucilaginously, pelage, pelages, pelagial, pelagic, pellagra, pellagras, pellagrin, pellagrins, pellagrous, permillage, permillages, persiflage, persiflages, phytoflagellate, phytoflagellates, pillage, pillaged, pillager, pillagers, pillages, pillaging, plagal, plage, plages, plagiaries, plagiarise, plagiarised, plagiarises, plagiarising, plagiarism, plagiarisms, plagiarist, plagiaristic, plagiarists, plagiarize, plagiarized, plagiarizer, plagiarizers, plagiarizes, plagiarizing, plagiary, plagioclase, plagioclases, plagiotropic, plague, plagued, plaguer, plaguers, plagues, plaguey, plaguily, plaguing, plaguy, pupilage, pupilages, pupillage, pupillages, reassemblage, reassemblages, scalage, scalages, selaginella, selaginellas, shillelagh, shillelaghs, sialagogue, sialagogues, silage, silages, slagged, slaggier, slaggiest, slagging, slaggy, slags, smallage, smallages, sockdolager, sockdolagers, soilage, soilages, spillage, spillages, spoilage, spoilages, stalagmite, stalagmites, stalagmitic, stalags, stealage, stealages, sullage, sullages, tallage, tallaged, tallages, tallaging, thirlage, thirlages, tillage, tillages, tollage, tollages, treillage, treillages, tropocollagen, tropocollagens, tutelage, tutelages, ullage, ullaged, ullages, unflagging, unflaggingly, vassalage, vassalages, village, villager, villageries, villagers, villagery, villages, vorlage, vorlages. (additional references) | |
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"Lag" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alg, blag, klag, laa, laag, laf, Laga, lage, Lagg, lagh, lagi, lago, lagu, lagy, Laj, lal, laq, larg, lau, laug, lbga, leag, Leatg, legl, leog, Lga, lgp, liga, Lirg, lja, lng, logg, lpg, lsg, lugg, luj, lyg, lza, oag, plag, qag. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lag" (pronounced la"g) |
| 3 | l a" g | flag, slag. |
| 2 | -a" g | ag, bag, brag, Dag, drag, fag, gag, hag, mag, nag, rag, sag, shag, snag, stag, tag, wag, Zag. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: gal. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-l" | |
-1 letter: ag, al, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-l" | |
+1 letter: agly, alga, clag, egal, flag, gala, gale, gall, gals, gaol, glad, glia, goal, lags, lang, slag. | |
+2 letters: agile, aglee, aglet, agley, aglow, alang, algae, algal, algas, algid, algin, algor, algum, align, almug, along, angel, angle, argal, argil, argle, argol, bagel, belga, clags, clang, eagle, flags, fugal, gable, gaily, galah, galas, galax, galea, gales, galls, gally, galop, gaols, gault, gavel, gayal, gayly, glace, glade, glads, glady, glair, gland, glans, glare, glary, glass, glaze, glazy, gleam, glean, gleba, glial, glias, gloam, gloat, gnarl, goals, goral, graal, grail, gulag, gular, gyral, jugal, lagan, lager, laigh, large, largo, laugh, legal, liang, ligan, linga, logan, logia, plage, regal, rugal, slags, slang, vagal. | |
+3 letters: agedly, aglare, agleam, aglets, agnail, agonal, aiglet, ailing, alegar, algins, algoid, algors, algums, alight, aligns, allege, almugs, analog, angels, angled, angler, angles, anlage, apolog, argala, argali, argals, argils, argled, argles, argols, argyle, argyll, bagels, bagful, baling, bangle, beagle, beflag, begall, beglad, belgas, beluga, cagily, clangs, daggle, dangle, dialog, eagles, eaglet, flaggy, flagon, flange, frugal, fungal, gabble, gabled, gables, gadfly, gaggle, gainly, galago, galahs, galaxy, galeae, galeas, galena, galere, galiot, galled, gallet, galley, gallic, gallon, gallop, gallus, galoot, galops, galore, galosh, galyac, galyak, gamble, gambol, gamely, gamily, gangly, gaoled, gaoler, garble, gargle, garlic, gaslit, gaults, gavels, gavial, gayals, gelada, gelant, gelate, gelati, gelato, genial, gimbal, gimmal, gingal, glaces, glacis, glades, gladly, glaire, glairs, glairy, glaive, glamor, glance, glands, glared, glares, glassy, glazed, glazer, glazes, gleams, gleamy, gleans, glebae, glioma, gloams, gloats, global, gloria, glossa, glucan, glycan, gnarls, gnarly, goaled, goalie, gooral, gorals, graals, grails, gravel, grayly, gulags, haggle, haling, hangul, jangle, jangly, jingal, jugula, kalong, laager, lacing, lading, lagans, lagend, lagers, lagged, lagger, lagoon, laguna, lagune, laighs, laking, laming, langue, langur, lanugo, lapdog, larger, larges, largos, lasing, latigo, laughs, lavage, laving, lawing, laying, lazing, league, legacy, legals, legate, legato, legman, liangs, ligand, ligans, ligase, ligate, ligula, linage, lingam, lingas, lingua, logans, loggia, logjam, logway, longan, lovage, lungan, magilp, maglev, malgre, malign, mangel, mangle, milage, nilgai, nilgau, ogival, otalgy, paling, pelage, plagal, plages, plague, plaguy, raggle, raglan, regale, regnal, rugola, sagely, sawlog, signal, silage, slaggy, slangs, slangy, slogan, stalag, tangle, tangly, telega, tergal, ullage, ungual, ungula, vagile, valgus, vulgar, waggle, waggly, waling, wangle. | |
+4 letters: abigail, ablings, adagial, addling, aerogel, ageless, agelong, agilely, agility, aglycon, agnails, aiglets, airglow, alegars, algebra, alights, aligned, aligner, alining, alleged, alleger, alleges, allegro, allergy, allonge, allying, alright, amalgam, ambling, analgia, analogs, analogy, aneling, angeled, angelic, angelus, angerly, anginal, anglers, anglice, angling, angrily, angular, ankling, anlagen, anlages, antilog, apogeal, apologs, apology, argalas, argalis, argling, argyles, argylls, arugola, arugula, atingle, augural, backlog, bagfuls, baggily, bagsful, bailing, balding, balking, balling, bangles, bawling, beagles, beflags, begalls, beglads, belugas, blaming, blaring, blawing, blazing, bologna, bulkage, burghal, burglar, cabling, cageful, calking, calling, calming, calving, carling, catalog, catling, cingula, clagged, clanged, clanger, clangor, claught, clawing, claying, coagula, coaling, collage, congeal, coxalgy, daggled, daggles, daglock, dangled, dangler, dangles, darling, dayglow, daylong, dealing, decalog, deglaze, dialing, dialogs, digital, dongola, draggle, eagerly, eaglets, eanling, earplug, egalite, elating, elegant, elegiac, engrail, enlarge, epigeal, euglena, eulogia, evangel, fabling, failing, falling, fatling, fenagle, figural, finagle, flagged, flagger, flagman, flagmen, flagons, flaking, flaming, flanged, flanger, flanges, flaring, flawing, flaying, fleabag, flotage, flowage, foaling, foliage, fragile, fugally, fungals, gabbled, gabbler, gabbles, gabelle, gabling, gadwall, gaggled, gaggles, gainful, galabia, galagos, galatea, galaxes, galeate, galenas, galenic, galeres, galilee, galiots, galipot, gallant, gallate, gallein, galleon, gallery, galleta, gallets, galleys, gallfly, gallied, gallies, galling, galliot, gallium, gallnut, gallons, galloon, galloot, gallops, gallous, gallows, galoots, galoped, galores, galoshe, galumph, galyacs, galyaks, gambled, gambler, gambles, gambols, gambrel, gamelan, ganglia, gangrel, gantlet, gaolers, gaoling, garbled, garbler, garbles, garboil, gargled, gargler, gargles, garland, garlics, gasless, gasohol, gassily, gastral, gaudily, gauntly, gauzily, gaveled, gavials, gawkily, gazelle, gelable, geladas, gelants, gelated, gelates, gelatin, gelatos, gellant, geminal, general, genital, geoidal, gestalt, getable, gharial, ghastly, gimbals, gimmals, gingall, gingals, girasol, glaceed, glacial, glacier, gladded, gladden, gladder, gladier, glaiket, glaikit, glaired, glaires, glaived, glaives, glamors, glamour, glanced, glancer, glances, glandes, glarier, glaring, glassed, glasses, glassie, glazers, glazier, glazing, gleamed, gleamer, gleaned, gleaner, gleeman, gliadin, gliomas, gloated, gloater, globate, glomera, glorias, glossae, glossal, glossas, glottal, glucans, gluteal, glycans, gnarled, gnathal, goalies, goaling, goldarn, goliard, gomeral, gonadal, gondola, goorals, gorilla, goulash, grabble, gracile, grackle, gradual, grandly, granola, granule, graplin, grapnel, grapple, graupel, gravels, gravely, gravlax, graylag, greatly, gremial, greylag, guayule, gunplay, gunwale, gyrally, haggled, haggler, haggles, hailing, halogen, haloing, halting, halving, haulage, hauling, haylage, healing, hidalgo, illegal, intagli, jackleg, jagless, jailing, jangled, jangler, jangles, jingall, jingals, jugular, kalongs, keelage, kleagle, laagers, lacings, lacking, ladings, ladling, ladybug, lagends, lagered, laggard, laggers, lagging, lagoons, lagunas, lagunes, lairing, lakings, lalling, lambing, lamming, lamping, lancing, landing, langley, langrel, langues, languet, languid, languor, langurs, lanugos, lapdogs, lapping, lapsing, lapwing, larding, largely, largess, largest, largish, larking, lasagna, lasagne, lashing, lasting, lathing, latigos, lauding, laughed, laugher, lavages, lawings, lazying, leading, leafage, leafing, leagued, leaguer, leagues, leakage, leaking, leaning, leaping, leasing, leaving, legally, legated, legatee, legates, legator, legatos, ligands, ligases, ligated, ligates, ligulae, ligular, ligulas, linages, lineage, lingams, linguae, lingual, linkage, linsang, loading, loafing, loaming, loaning, lockage, logania, loggats, loggias, logical, logjams, logways, longans, lovages, luggage, lugsail, lumbago, lungans, magical, magilps, maglevs, mailbag, mailing, malanga, maligns, malling, malting, mangels, mangily, mangled, mangler, mangles, mangold, marling, mauling, melange, meltage, milages, mileage, millage, moulage, myalgia, myalgic, nailing, nargile, nilgais, nilgaus, nilghai, nilghau, nutgall, nylghai, nylghau, otalgia, otalgic, paginal, palings, palling, palming, parling, pealing, pelages, pelagic, pergola, pigtail, pillage, placing, plagued, plaguer, plagues, plaguey, planing, plating, playing, plugola, plumage, raggles, raglans, railing, realgar, realign, regaled, regaler, regales, regalia, regally, reginal, reglaze, regular, rugolas, sailing, salting, salvage, salving, sapling, sawlogs, scalage, scaling, seagull, sealing, segetal, selvage, signals, silages, slagged, slaking, slanged, slating, slaving, slaying, slogans, soilage, spangle, spangly, stagily, stalags, staling, stigmal, subgoal, sullage, syzygal, tabling, taglike, tailing, talcing, talking, tallage, tangelo, tangled, tangler, tangles, tegular, telegas, tillage, tollage, twangle, ullaged, ullages, unagile, ungulae, ungular, vagally, vaginal, vaguely, vailing, valgoid, valuing, valving, vealing, vegetal, verglas, vialing, village, voltage, vorlage, vulgars, vulgate, waggled, waggles, wagtail, wailing, walking, walling, wangled, wangler, wangles, wauling, wawling, weigela, whaling, wrangle, yawling, yealing, zooglea. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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