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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.

verb (used with object), sagged, sag·ging.

to cause to sag.

noun

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).

OTHER WORDS FOR sag

4 weaken, flag, tire, weary.

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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)

OTHER WORDS FROM sag

an·ti·sag, adjectiveun·sag·ging, adjective

Words nearby sag

S. Afr., safranine, S. Afr. D., safrole, saft, sag, saga, sagacious, sagacity, Sagamihara, Sagami Sea

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SAG

[ sag ]

/ sæg /

noun

Screen Actors Guild.

How to use sag in a sentence

And the series was implausibly shut out by both the Golden Globe and SAG Awards.
‘The Comeback’ Finale: Give Lisa Kudrow All of the Awards|Kevin Fallon|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What happens when the legs go, the arm tires, the eyes fade, the lungs sag?
Football Great Bob Suffridge Wanders Through the End Zone of Life|Paul Hemphill|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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!”
‘Game of Thrones’ Star Maisie Williams, aka Arya Stark, on Her Big Premiere Episode ‘Two Swords’|Marlow Stern|April 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In fact, of all the precursor awards, the SAG is probably the best indicator of the eventual Oscar winner.
The SAG Awards Best Speeches…And What They Mean for Oscar|Kevin Fallon|January 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Every SAG Best Actor winner has gone to win the Oscar stretching back to 2003.
The SAG Awards Best Speeches…And What They Mean for Oscar|Kevin Fallon|January 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Misagàsà ang sag-ub nga natumba sa batu, The bamboo container went crack when it fell on the stones.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
Ikay nagsalsag sa sag-ub, You broke the bamboo tube water container into slivers.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
It would persistently sag down in spots, and each of these spots became a reservoir from which would descend an icy stream.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6)|John McElroy
This would sag downwards under its own weight in a fine curve till the tip rested on the snow beneath.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Dorn Hackett sat moodily upon his low bed in a little cell of Sag Harbor jail.
Belford's Magazine, Vol. II, No. 3, February 1889|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sag

sag

/ (sæɡ) /

verb sags, sagging or sagged (mainly intr)

(also tr) to sink or cause to sink in parts, as under weight or pressurethe bed sags in the middle

to fall in valueprices sagged to a new low

to hang unevenly; droop

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

noun

the act or an instance of sagginga sag in profits

nautical the extent to which a vessel's keel sags at the centreCompare 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

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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