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sag  (sg)

v. sagged, sag·ging, sags

v.intr.

1. To sink, droop, or settle from pressure or weight.

2. To lose vigor, firmness, or resilience: My spirits sagged after I had been rejected for the job.

3. To decline, as in value or price: Stock prices sagged after a short rally.

4. Nautical To drift to leeward.

v.tr.

To cause to sag.

n.

1.

a. The act or an instance of sagging.

b. The degree or extent to which something sags.

2. A sagging area; a depression.

3. A temporary decline in monetary value.

4. Nautical A drift to leeward.

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[Middle English saggen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish sacka, to sink.]

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saggy adj.

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sag [sæg]

vb (mainly intr) sags, sagging, sagged

1. (also tr) to sink or cause to sink in parts, as under weight or pressure the bed sags in the middle

2. to fall in value prices sagged to a new low

3. to hang unevenly; droop

4. (of courage, spirits, etc.) to weaken; flag

n

1. the act or an instance of sagging a sag in profits

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical the extent to which a vessel's keel sags at the centre Compare hog [6] hogged

3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography)

a.  a marshy depression in an area of glacial till, chiefly in the US Middle West

b.  (as modifier) sag and swell topography

[from Scandinavian; compare Swedish sacka, Dutch zakken, Norwegian dialect sakka to subside, Danish sakke to lag behind]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sag - a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat" droop imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
Verb	1.	sag - droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness droop, swag, flag drop down, sink, drop - fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees" slouch, slump - assume a drooping posture or carriage bag - hang loosely, like an empty bag
	2.	sag - cause to sag; "The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably" sag down drop down, sink, drop - fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"

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sag

verb

1. sink, bag, droop, fall, drop, seat (of skirts, etc.), settle, slump, dip, give way, bulge, swag, hang loosely, fall unevenly The shirts cuffs won't sag and lose their shape after washing.

2. drop, sink, slump, flop, droop, loll He shrugged and sagged into a chair.

3. decline, fall, slip, tire, slide, flag, slump, weaken, wilt, wane, cave in, droop Some of the tension he builds up begins to sag.

Translations

sag [sæg]

A. VI [roof, awning etc] → combarse; [bed] → hundirse; [shoulders] → encorvarse; [rope] → aflojarse; [prices] → bajar
his spirits sagged → le flaquearon los ánimos, se desanimó

B. N (in roof, ceiling) → combadura f

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sag [ˈsæg] vi

(= sink in the middle) [mattress, chair] → s'affaisser; [roof, shelf] → s'affaisser

(= droop) [flesh] → pendre

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sag

n there’s a bit of a sag in the bed/ceiling → das Bett/die Decke hängt etwas durch; the sag of her shoulders → ihre herabhängenden Schultern

vi → absacken; (in the middle) → durchhängen; (shoulders) → herabhängen; (breasts) → schlaff herunterhängen; (production, rate) → zurückgehen; (price, spirit) → sinken; (conversation) → abflauen; don’t sag, stand up straight → steh nicht so schlaff da (inf), → stell dich gerade hin

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sag [sæg] vi (hang down, ceiling, awning, bed) → incurvarsi; (breasts) → afflosciarsi; (slacken, rope) → allentarsi (fig) (spirits) → deprimersi
his knees sagged → gli hanno ceduto le ginocchia

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sag

v sag [sӕg]

to bend, hang down, especially in the middle There were so many books on the shelf that it sagged. insak يَرْتَخي، يَنْحَني في الوَسَط хлътвам prohnout se bøje ned på midten durchhängen κρεμώ, βουλιάζω, βαθουλώνω combarse, ceder, arquearse (keskelt) koolduma حم شدن؛آويزان شدن olla notkollaan (s')affaisser (sous un poids) לִשקוֹע धसकना, धसकाना, झुक जाना uleći se, olabaviti meghajlik melengkung svigna cedere; incurvarsi 中だるみする 내려앉다 įdubti, įlinkti ieliekties; nosēsties; sakrist melendut doorbuigen sige, henge ned (på midten) wyginać się vergar a se încovoia прогибаться prehnúť sa povesiti (se) uleći se svikta, ge efter เอนลง; ห้อยลง bel vermek (尤指中央)往下彎, 下陷 звисати; прогинатися وزن سے جھک جانا làm võng xuống 下弯, 下陷