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Noun
S:
(n)
slowdown (slowdown%1:04:00::)
,
lag (lag%1:04:00::)
,
retardation (retardation%1:04:00::)
(the act of slowing down or falling behind)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
W:
(v)
slow down (slow_down%2:30:00::)
[Related to:
slowdown
] (lose velocity; move more slowly)
"The car decelerated"
W:
(v)
slow down (slow_down%2:30:01::)
[Related to:
slowdown
] (become slow or slower)
"Production slowed"
W:
(v)
slow down (slow_down%2:30:02::)
[Related to:
slowdown
] (reduce the speed of)
"He slowed down the car"
W:
(v)
slow down (slow_down%2:30:04::)
[Related to:
slowdown
] (cause to proceed more slowly)
"The illness slowed him down"
W:
(v)
lag (lag%2:38:00::)
[Related to:
lag
] (hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.)
W:
(v)
retard (retard%2:42:00::)
[Related to:
retardation
] (be delayed)
W:
(v)
retard (retard%2:30:00::)
[Related to:
retardation
] (lose velocity; move more slowly)
"The car decelerated"
S:
(n)
interim (interim%1:28:00::)
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meantime (meantime%1:28:00::)
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meanwhile (meanwhile%1:28:00::)
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lag (lag%1:28:00::)
(the time between one event, process, or period and another)
"meanwhile the socialists are running the government"
S:
(n)
stave (stave%1:06:00::)
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lag (lag%1:06:00::)
(one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket)
Verb
S:
(v)
lag (lag%2:38:00::)
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dawdle (dawdle%2:38:01::)
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fall back (fall_back%2:38:00::)
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fall behind (fall_behind%2:38:00::)
(hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.)
S:
(v)
imprison (imprison%2:41:00::)
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incarcerate (incarcerate%2:41:00::)
,
lag (lag%2:41:00::)
,
immure (immure%2:41:00::)
,
put behind bars (put_behind_bars%2:41:00::)
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jail (jail%2:41:00::)
,
jug (jug%2:41:00::)
,
gaol (gaol%2:41:00::)
,
put away (put_away%2:41:00::)
,
remand (remand%2:41:00::)
(lock up or confine, in or as in a jail)
"The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
S:
(v)
lag (lag%2:35:00::)
(throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
sentence frame
S:
(v)
lag (lag%2:35:01::)
(cover with lagging to prevent heat loss)
"lag pipes"