lags is a form of:

Lag




SEE: Graylag
noun
1.
(A falling behind, time lapse, retardation) production lag ការមិនបានដល់កម្រិត
Example: The wounded soldier lagged behind the others, to go forward without lag. publication lag រយៈពេលក្រោយពេលកំណត់
Example: A lag of several seconds between the lightning and the thunder.
verbpast tense: lagged ; past participle: lagged ; present participle: lagging ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) ~ something (with something) (to fail, move, of stay behind, to wane) lag behind the others តាមមិនទាន់ (production) lags មិនបានដល់កម្រិត, អន់ថយ
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) តាមពីក្រោយ, តោងកន្ទុយ
  • lag behind
    - អន់ជាង, ខ្សោយជាងគេ
    - តាមពីក្រោយ, តោងកន្ទុយគេ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
One who lags; that which comes in last.
2.
The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
3.
The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing.
4.
A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine.
5.
The failing behind or retardation of one phenomenon with respect to another to which it is closely related; as, the lag of magnetization compared with the magnetizing force (hysteresis); the lag of the current in an alternating circuit behind the impressed electro-motive force which produced it.
6.
One transported for a crime.
adjective
1.
Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag end.
2.
Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
3.
Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.
verbpast tense: lagged ; past participle: lagged ; present participle: lagging ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To transport for crime.
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To cause to lag; to slacken.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags.
1.
cessation, retardation, slowdown, slowing, slowness