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Sag

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Noun

1. droop, sag

a shape that sags

Example Sentences:
'there was a sag in the chair seat'

Verb

2. droop, flag, sag, swag

droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

3. sag, sag down

cause to sag

Example Sentences:
'The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sag

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verbWord forms: sags, sagging or sagged (mainly intr)
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
noun
5. 
the act or an instance of sagging
a sag in profits
6. nautical
the extent to which a vessel's keel sags at the centre
Compare hog (sense 6), hogged
7. 
a. 
a marshy depression in an area of glacial till, chiefly in the US Middle West
b. 
(as modifier)
sag and swell topography
abbreviation for (in the US)
Screen Actors Guild

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Sag

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Screen Actors Guild
verb intransitiveWord forms: sagged or ˈsagging
1. 
to sink, bend, or curve, esp. in the middle, from weight or pressure
2. 
to hang down unevenly or loosely
3. 
to lose firmness, strength, or intensity; weaken through weariness, age, etc.; droop
sagging spirits
4. 
to decline in price, value, sales, etc.
5.  Nautical
to drift
to sag to leeward
verb transitive
6. 
to cause to sag
noun
7. 
the act or an instance of sagging
8. 
the degree or amount of sagging
9.  US
a place of sagging; sunken or depressed place

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sag

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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.
5. To wear one's pants with the waist below the hips, so that one's underwear is visible.
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. A sagging or drooping part or area: tried to brush out the paint sags.
b. A sunken area of land; a depression.
3. A sagging area; a depression.
4. A decline, as in monetary value.
5. Nautical A drift to leeward.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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