sag

[sag]

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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).

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 formsan·ti·sag, adjectiveun·sag·ging, adjective

Synonyms for sag

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4. weaken, flag, tire, weary.

SAG

[sag]

noun

Screen Actors Guild.

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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.
‘The Comeback’ Finale: Give Lisa Kudrow All of the Awards
Kevin Fallon
December 29, 2014
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
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
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
Leto remedied the situation with his SAG speech, and remedied it beautifully.
The SAG Awards Best Speeches…And What They Mean for Oscar
Kevin Fallon
January 19, 2014

Historical Examples of sag

All one has to do is to stop thinking and sag, or stop thinking and slash.
The Ghost in the White House
Gerald Stanley Lee
The bubble was holding, but the morale of the crew was beginning to sag.
The Sky Trap
Frank Belknap Long
I can see the sag of their tired shoulders against the whitewashed wall.
My Antonia
Willa Cather
It bent, swayed, gave with her, letting her sag to a larger limb below.
The Flaming Jewel
Robert W. Chambers
I've got on a pair of Wee Watts' now, and they sag something awful.
Blue Bonnet in Boston
Caroline E. Jacobs

British Dictionary definitions for sag

sag

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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Word Origin and History for sag

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.

1580s, in nautical use, from sag (v.). From 1727 of landforms; 1861 of wires, cables, etc.