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
Antonyms:
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
Antonyms:
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:
sag
Plural:
sags

Origin 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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