Sagging
['sæɡɪŋ] or [sæg]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sag
(n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging.
Checker: Percy
Examples
- Karkov, a man of middle height with a gray, heavy, sagging face, puffed eye pouches and a pendulous under-lip called to him in a dyspeptic voice. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In the construction of long wire fences provision must be made for tightening the wire in summer, otherwise great sagging would occur. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Checker: Percy