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χρονοτριβή — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lag verb To fall behind or fail to keep pace with something else.
  • loitering noun The act of standing or hanging around somewhere without a clear purpose.

Senses

χρονοτριβή is used for these senses in English:

  • lag A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
  • loitering The action of the verb loiter.

lag — full definition

  1. verb To fall behind or fail to keep pace with something else.
  2. noun A delay between one event and another, especially in a signal, response, or process.

Related Greek words