Sag

[sæg] or [sɑɡ]

Definition

(noun.) a shape that sags; 'there was a sag in the chair seat'.

(verb.) droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness.

(verb.) cause to sag; 'The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably'.

Checker: Scott--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.

(v. i.) Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.

(v. i.) To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.

(v. t.) To cause to bend or give way; to load.

(n.) State of sinking or bending; sagging.

Typed by Lloyd

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Bend (by force of gravity), settle, swag, give way.

Edited by Clare

Definition

v.i. to bend sink or hang down: to yield or give way as from weight or pressure: to hang heavy: to make leeway.—n. a droop.—adj. loaded.

Checker: Stella