sag n : a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat" [syn: droop]

1 droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness [syn: droop, swag, flag]

2 cause to sag; "The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably" [syn: sag down] [also: sagging, sagged]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æɡ

Noun

1. State of sinking or bending; sagging.
2. The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.

Verb

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. To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; 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.
3. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
4. To cause to bend or give way; to load.

Anagrams

• gas

Afrikaans

Etymology

Dutch zacht

Adjective

sag

1. soft

Icelandic

Etymology

From the verb saga ‘to saw’.

Noun

sag

1. sawdust

Sag or SAG may refer to:

• sag (geology)
• any form of sagging
• a sag pond
• a lens sag (shape distortion)
• the SAG - Securitag Assembly Group, RFID Transponder Solution in Taiwan.(SAG RFID)
• an abbreviation relating to the astronomical Sagittarius (constellation) and astrological Sagittarius, as in Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy (Sag DIG)
• Sag Harbor, New York
• Sâg, a commune in Sălaj County, Romania
• the Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
• electric current, as in Voltage sag
• the plant Khada sag
• the culinary dish sa(ag) ghoust
• Semi-Autogenous Grinding, a technique used in milling
• an abbreviation referring to a Socially Awkward Guy or Socially Awkward Girl
• SQL Access Group (see ODBC)
• Songs About Girls music album by will.i.am.

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