10 dictionary results for: sag
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sag
[sag] Pronunciation Key verb, sagged, sag·ging, noun
[sag] Pronunciation Key verb, sagged, sag·ging, noun –verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
–noun
| 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.
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| 7. | to cause to sag. |
| 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.
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[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)
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] —Synonyms 4. weaken, flag, tire, weary.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| sag
(sāg) Pronunciation Key
v. sagged, sag·ging, sags v. intr.
v. tr. To cause to sag. n.
[Middle English saggen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish sacka, to sink.] sag'gy adj. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
sag (v.)
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| sag | |
noun | |
| 1. | a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat" |
verb | |
| 1. | droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness |
| 2. | cause to sag; "The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This
Sag Harbor, NY (village, FIPS 64485) Location: 40.99637 N, 72.29021 W
Population (1990): 2134 (1739 housing units)
Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 11963
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
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Sag
Sag\, v. t. To cause to bend or give way; to load.
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Sag
Sag\, n. State of sinking or bending; sagging.
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