lagging (root: lag)

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: lag=ging

CIDE DICTIONARY

lagging, n. 

•  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]
•  Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

lagging, n. material providing heat insulation for a boiler, pipes, etc.

Etymology

LAG(2)

THESAURUS

lagging

Micawberish, 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, 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

ROGET THESAURUS

lagging

Inactivity

N inactivity, inaction, inertness, obstinacy, lull, quiescence, rust, rustiness, idleness, remissness, sloth, indolence, indiligence, dawdling, ergophobia, otiosity, dullness, languor, segnity, segnitude, lentor, sluggishness, procrastination, torpor, torpidity, torpescence, stupor, somnolence, drowsiness, nodding, oscitation, oscitancy, pandiculation, hypnotism, lethargy, statuvolence heaviness, heavy eyelids, sleep, slumber, sound sleep, heavy sleep, balmy sleep, Morpheus, Somnus, coma, trance, ecstasis, dream, hibernation, nap, doze, snooze, siesta, wink of sleep, forty winks, snore, hypnology, dull work, pottering, relaxation, Castle of Indolence, lullaby, sedative, tranquilizer, hypnotic, sleeping pill, relaxant, anaesthetic, general anaesthetic, torpedo, idler, drone, droil, dawdle, mopus, do- little faineant, dummy, sleeping partner, afternoon farmer, truant, 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, inactive, motionless, unoccupied, unbusied, indolent, lazy, slothful, idle, lusk, remiss, slack, inert, torpid, sluggish, otiose, languid, supine, heavy, dull, leaden, lumpish, exanimate, soulless, listless, drony, dronish, lazy as Ludlam's dog, dilatory, laggard, lagging, slow, rusty, flagging, lackadaisical, maudlin, fiddle-faddle, pottering, shilly-shally, sleeping asleep, fast asleep, dead asleep, sound asleep, in a sound sleep, sound as a top, dormant, comatose, in the arms of Morpheus, in the lap of Morpheus, sleepy, sleepful, dozy, drowsy, somnolent, torpescent, lethargic, lethargical, somnifacient, statuvolent, statuvolic, heavy, heavy with sleep, napping, somnific, somniferous, soporous, soporific, soporiferous, hypnotic, balmy, dreamy, unawakened, unawakened, sedative, inactively, at leisure, the eyes begin to draw straws, bankrupt of life yet prodigal of ease, better 50 years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay, idly busy rolls their world away, the mystery of folded sleep, the timely dew of sleep, thou driftest gently down the tides of sleep, tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep.