When something sags, it leans, settles, or droops. If your bed sags in the middle, it can be hard to get a good night's sleep.
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane;
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"
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.
Sag
the mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.3.
Sag
Sag
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane;
To cause to bend or give way; to load.
State of sinking or bending; sagging.
Usage Examples
I'd said to my sweetheart a couple of days before that the SAG and Spirit Award nomination was amazing and I had no attachment to the Academy Award. I knew I was an underdog so I just decided to sleep through the announcement.
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