Sag (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used without object), sagged, sag·ging.
  1. to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle: The roof sags.
  2. to hang down unevenly; droop: Her skirt was sagging.
  3. to droop; hang loosely: His shoulders sagged.
  4. to yield through weakness, lack of effort, or the like: Our spirits began to sag.
  5. to decline, as in price: The stock market sagged today.
  6. Nautical.
    • (of a hull) to droop at the center or have excessive sheer because of structural weakness.
    • to be driven to leeward; to make too much leeway.
verb (used with object), sagged, sag·ging.
  1. to cause to sag.
noun
  1. an act or instance of sagging.
  2. the degree of sagging.
  3. a place where anything sags; depression.
  4. a moderate decline in prices.
  5. Nautical.
    • deflection downward of a hull amidships, due to structural weakness.
    • leeway (def. 3).
noun
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verb sags, sagging or sagged (mainly intr)
  1. to sink or cause to sink in parts, as under weight or pressure
  2. to fall in value
  3. to hang unevenly; droop
  4. (of courage, spirits, etc) to weaken; flag
noun
  1. the act or an instance of sagging
  2. the extent to which a vessel's keel sags at the centre
    • a marshy depression in an area of glacial till, chiefly in the US Middle West
    • (as modifier)
Sag (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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