sag Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a shape that sags
    droop.
    • there was a sag in the chair seat
  2. verb droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
    flag; swag; droop.
  3. verb cause to sag
    sag down.
    • The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably

WordNet

Sag intransitive verb
Etymology
Akin to Sw. sacka to settle, sink down, LG.sacken, D. zakken. Cf. Sink, v. i.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Sagged ; present participle & verbal noun Sagging
Definitions
  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. Shak.
  3. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily. Totten.
Sag transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To cause to bend or give way; to load.
Sag noun
Definitions
  1. State of sinking or bending; sagging.

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