Sag Definition
săg
sagged, sagging, sags
verb
sagged, sagging, sags
To sink, bend, or curve, esp. in the middle, from weight or pressure.
Webster's New World
To hang down unevenly or loosely.
Webster's New World
To lose firmness, strength, or intensity; weaken through weariness, age, etc.; droop.
Sagging spirits.
Webster's New World
To decline in price, value, sales, etc.
Webster's New World
To cause to sag.
Webster's New World
noun
sags
The act or an instance of sagging.
Webster's New World
The degree or amount of sagging.
Webster's New World
A sagging or drooping part or area.
Tried to brush out the paint sags.
American Heritage
A place of sagging; sunken or depressed place.
Webster's New World
A sunken area of land; a depression.
American Heritage
abbreviation
Screen Actors Guild.
Webster's New World
(on a letter), Saint Anthony Guard (Guide).
Wiktionary
Screen Actors Guild.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Sag
Noun
Singular:
sagPlural:
sagsOrigin of Sag
From late Middle English saggen, probably of Scandinavian/Old Norse origin (compare Norwegian sagga (“move slowly")); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka, Old Norse sokkva. Cf. also Low German sacken, Dutch zakken.
From Wiktionary
Middle English saggen probably of Scandinavian origin Swedish sacka to sink
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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