sag
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.
to cause to sag.
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.
Origin of sag
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Other words from sag
- an·ti·sag, adjective
- un·sag·ging, adjective
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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 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat 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 | THE DAILY BEASTI 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 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 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 | THE DAILY BEASTEvery 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 | THE 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. WolffIkay nagsalsag sa sag-ub, You broke the bamboo tube water container into slivers.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan | John U. WolffIt 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 McElroyThis 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 MawsonDorn Hackett sat moodily upon his low bed in a little cell of sag Harbor jail.
British Dictionary definitions for sag
/ (sæɡ) /
(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
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
Origin of sag
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