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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.
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

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
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