Sag

[Sag]

When something sags, it leans, settles, or droops. If your bed sags in the middle, it can be hard to get a good night's sleep.

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To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.

Noun
a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat"

Verb
droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

Verb
cause to sag; "The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably"


v. i.
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.

v. i.
Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.

v. i.
To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.

v. t.
To cause to bend or give way; to load.

n.
State of sinking or bending; sagging.


Sag

Sag , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sagged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sagging .] [Akin to Sw. sacka to settle, sink down, LG.sacken, D. zakken. Cf. Sink, v. i.] 1. To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges. 2. Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced. [R.]
the mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
3. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily. To sag to leeward (Naut.), to make much leeway by reason of the wind, sea, or current; to drift to leeward; -- said of a vessel. Totten.

Sag

Sag, v. t. To cause to bend or give way; to load.

Sag

Sag, n. State of sinking or bending; sagging.

To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.

To cause to bend or give way; to load.

State of sinking or bending; sagging.

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Usage Examples

I'd said to my sweetheart a couple of days before that the SAG and Spirit Award nomination was amazing and I had no attachment to the Academy Award. I knew I was an underdog so I just decided to sleep through the announcement.

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