Main entry: retardation, lag, slowdown
Definition: the act of slowing down or falling behind
Definition: one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
Main entry: lag, meantime, meanwhile, interim
Definition: the time between one event, process, or period and another
Usage: meanwhile the socialists are running the government
Main entry: lag
Definition: cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
Usage: lag pipes
Main entry: lag
Definition: throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
Main entry: dawdle, fall back, fall behind, lag
Definition: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
Main entry: remand, put away, put behind bars, jail, jug, lag, immure, imprison, incarcerate, gaol
Definition: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Usage: The suspects were imprisoned without trial; the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life