SAG

¹ American  

[sag] / sæg /

noun

1. Screen Actors Guild.

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sag ² American  

[sag] / sæg /

verb (used without object)

sagged, sagging

1. to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle.

   The roof sags.

2. to hang down unevenly; droop.

   Her skirt was sagging.

3. to droop; hang loosely.

   His shoulders sagged.

4. to yield through weakness, lack of effort, or the like.

   Our spirits began to sag.

   Synonyms:

   weary, tire, flag, weaken

5. to decline, as in price.

   The stock market sagged today.

6. Nautical.

   1. (of a hull) to droop at the center or have excessive sheer because of structural weakness.

   2. to be driven to leeward; to make too much leeway.

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verb (used with object)

sagged, sagging

1. to cause to sag.

noun

1. an act or instance of sagging.

2. the degree of sagging.

3. a place where anything sags; depression.

4. a moderate decline in prices.

5. Nautical.

   1. deflection downward of a hull amidships, due to structural weakness.

   2. leeway.

sag British  

/ sæɡ /

verb

1. (also tr) to sink or cause to sink in parts, as under weight or pressure

   the bed sags in the middle

2. to fall in value

   prices sagged to a new low

3. to hang unevenly; droop

4. (of courage, spirits, etc) to weaken; flag

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noun

1. the act or an instance of sagging

   a sag in profits

2. nautical the extent to which a vessel's keel sags at the centre Compare hog hogged

3. 1. a marshy depression in an area of glacial till, chiefly in the US Middle West

   2. ( as modifier )

      sag and swell topography

Other Word Forms

• antisag adjective
• unsagging adjective

Etymology

Origin of sag

1375–1425; late Middle English saggen (v.), probably < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian sagga to move slowly (akin to Low German sacken to sink, Norwegian, Danish sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka to slow up, fall behind)

Example Sentences

As the dollar sagged the Japanese yen rallied, touching 115 yen per dollar by year end.

From MarketWatch

Derenne noticed some sagging on the roof and worn-out shingles during their first showing at the house the Johnsons ended up buying.

From MarketWatch

If guys were sagging in their skinny jeans, they had a pair of basketball shorts under.

From Los Angeles Times

Food-company stocks sagged Tuesday as the San Francisco city attorney filed a lawsuit against some of the nation’s biggest food manufacturers, accusing them of knowingly making and marketing harmful foods.

From The Wall Street Journal

But it is unlikely that this emerging technology will be able to reverse sagging productivity trends soon.

From Barron's

Related Words

• cave in
• dip
• drop off
• fall off
• languish
• sink
• slide
• slip
• slump
• wilt