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See more synonyms for sag on Thesaurus.com verb (used without object), sagged, sag·ging. to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle: The roof sags. to hang down unevenly; droop: Her skirt was sagging. to droop; hang loosely: His shoulders sagged. to yield through weakness, lack of effort, or the like: Our spirits began to sag. to decline, as in price: The stock market sagged today. Nautical (of a hull) to droop at the center or have excessive sheer because of structural weakness. Compare hog(def 14) . to be driven to leeward; to make too much leeway . Show More
verb (used with object), sagged, sag·ging. to cause to sag. Show More
an act or instance of sagging. the degree of sagging. a place where anything sags; depression. a moderate decline in prices. Nautical deflection downward of a hull amidships, due to structural weakness. leeway(def 3) .Show More
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)
Related forms an·ti·sag , adjective un·sag·ging , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for sag wilt ,
slump ,
slide ,
sink ,
slip ,
dip ,
languish ,
sinking ,
droop ,
sinkhole ,
tilt ,
slant ,
distortion ,
list ,
cant ,
concavity ,
fall ,
downturn ,
basin ,
hollow Examples from the Web for sag Contemporary Examples of sag And the series was implausibly shut out by both the Golden Globe and SAG Awards.
I did get to meet Emma Thompson during the audition and I saw her recently at the SAG Awards and she said, “Oh, hello you!”
In fact, of all the precursor awards, the SAG is probably the best indicator of the eventual Oscar winner.
Every SAG Best Actor winner has gone to win the Oscar stretching back to 2003.
Leto remedied the situation with his SAG speech, and remedied it beautifully.
Historical Examples of sag All one has to do is to stop thinking and sag , or stop thinking and slash.
The bubble was holding, but the morale of the crew was beginning to sag .
I can see the sag of their tired shoulders against the whitewashed wall.
It bent, swayed, gave with her, letting her sag to a larger limb below.
I've got on a pair of Wee Watts' now, and they sag something awful.
British Dictionary definitions for sag verb sags , sagging or sagged (mainly intr) (also tr) to sink or cause to sink in parts, as under weight or pressure the bed sags in the middle to fall in value prices sagged to a new low to hang unevenly; droop (of courage, spirits, etc) to weaken; flag Show More
the act or an instance of sagging a sag in profits nautical the extent to which a vessel's keel sags at the centre Compare hog (def. 6) , hogged a marshy depression in an area of glacial till, chiefly in the US Middle West (as modifier ) sag and swell topography Show More
Word Origin for sag C15: from Scandinavian; compare Swedish sacka, Dutch zakken, Norwegian dialect sakka to subside, Danish sakke to lag behind
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Word Origin and History for sag v. late 14c., possibly from a Scandinavian source related to Old Norse sokkva "to sink," or from Middle Low German sacken "to settle, sink" (as dregs in wine), from denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic base *senkwanan "to sink" (see sink (v.)). A general North Sea Germanic word (cf. Dutch zakken , Swedish sacka , Danish sakke ). Of body parts from 1560s; of clothes from 1590s. Related: Sagged ; sagging .
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n. 1580s, in nautical use, from sag (v.). From 1727 of landforms; 1861 of wires, cables, etc.
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