lag-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: fall behind, develop or progress more slowly or weakly than others

Examples:
He's lagging behind a bit - I think we'd better wait for him to catch us up.
Sales are lagging at the moment.
The plot drove on, and the interest never lagged.
Currently our productivity is lagging behind that of our global competitors.
When there is a lot of action on the screen, the game lags big time.
The electric current lags behind the voltage.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: lag.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: insulate water pipe or tank with lagging to prevent freezing or heat escape

Examples:
I used the jute packing, cut it in strips and lagged the pipe nice and thick.
I lagged the water tank and then built an additional longitudinal partition under the bed.
You could also lag the pipes between your boiler and hot water cylinder.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 3: shoot, throw, pitch (a coin for example) at a mark

Examples:
(Could not find any examples for this sense.)

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 4: arrest or incarcerate someone (Australian Slang)

Examples:
(Could not find any examples for this sense.)

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2