Sag definition
My spirits sagged after I had been rejected for the job.
An example of sag is for the middle of a bed to start caving in.
Stock prices sagged after a short rally.
Sagging spirits.
Tried to brush out the paint sags.
To sag to leeward.
An example of a sag is a huge depression in the ground.
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Noun
Origin of sag
- Middle English saggen probably of Scandinavian origin Swedish sacka to sink
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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.
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