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sag

  [sag] verb, sagged, sag⋅ging, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, esp. 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.
a. (of a hull) to droop at the center or have excessive sheer because of structural weakness. Compare hog (def. 14).
b. to be driven to leeward; to make too much leeway.
–verb (used with object)
7. to cause to sag.
–noun
8. an act or instance of sagging.
9. the degree of sagging.
10. a place where anything sags; depression.
11. a moderate decline in prices.
12. Nautical.
a. deflection downward of a hull amidships, due to structural weakness.
b. leeway (def. 3).
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME saggen (v.), prob. < Scand; cf. Norw sagga to move slowly (akin to LG sacken to sink, Norw, Dan sakke, Sw sacka, Icel sakka to slow up, fall behind)

Synonyms:
4. weaken, flag, tire, weary.

SAG

  [sag]
–noun
Screen Actors Guild.

lee⋅way

  [lee-wey]
–noun
1. extra time, space, materials, or the like, within which to operate; margin: With ten minutes' leeway we can catch the train.
2. a degree of freedom of action or thought: His instructions gave us plenty of leeway.
3. Also called sag. Nautical. the amount or angle of the drift of a ship to leeward from its heading.
4. Aeronautics. the amount a plane is blown off its normal course by cross winds.
Origin:
1660–70; lee 1 + way

Synonyms:
2. latitude, flexibility, cushion.
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sag   (sāg)   
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. The act or an instance of sagging.
    2. 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.

[Middle English saggen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish sacka, to sink.]
sag'gy adj.
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Sag

Sag\ (s[a^]g), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Sagging.] [Akin to Sw. sacka to settle, sink down, LG. sacken, D. zakken. Cf. Sink, v. i.]

1. 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.

2. 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. [R.]

The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear. --Shak.

3. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.

To sag to leeward (Naut.), to make much leeway by reason of the wind, sea, or current; to drift to leeward; -- said of a vessel. --Totten.

Sag

Sag\, v. t. To cause to bend or give way; to load.

Sag

Sag\, n. State of sinking or bending; sagging.
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Language Translation for : sag
Spanish: combarse, ceder, arquearse,
German: durchhängen,
Japanese: 中だるみする
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sag  (v.)
1392, possibly from a Scand. source related to O.N. sokkva "to sink," or from M.L.G. sacken "to sink" (as dregs in wine), from denasalized derivative of P.Gmc. base *senkwanan "to sink" (see sink). A general North Sea Gmc. word (cf. Du. zakken, Swed. sacka, Dan. sakke). The noun is first recorded 1861.
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SAG
  1. Sagittarius
  2. Screen Actors Guild
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