sag (redirected from saggiest)

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

Verb

[sagging, sagged]

1. to sink in the middle, under weight or pressure: the bed sagged nearly to the floor

2. (of courage or spirits) to weaken or tire

3. (of clothes) to hang loosely or unevenly

4. to fall in value: the stock market sagged

Noun

the act or state of sagging [from Old Norse]

saggy adj

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 a skirt, etc) settle, slump, dip, give way, bulge, swag, hang loosely, fall unevenly

verb 2. drop, sink, slump, flop, droop, loll

verb 3. decline, fall, slip, tire, slide, flag, slump, weaken, wilt, wane, cave in, droop

Translations

sag [sæg] vi → aflojarse

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sag [sæg] vi → s'affaisser, fléchir; [hem, breasts] → pendre

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sag [sæg] vi → durchhängen;

(breasts) → hängen (fig) (spirits, demand) → sinken

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sag [sæg] vi → incurvarsi; afflosciarsi

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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 늘어지다, 축 처지다 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 下彎, 下陷 звисати; прогинатися وزن سے جھک جانا làm võng xuống 下弯, 下陷