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.
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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.]
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The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear,
Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
--Shak.
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3. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop
heavily.
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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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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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111 Moby Thesaurus words for "sagging":
abatement, abridgment, alleviation, attenuation, bagging, baggy,
ballooning, collapsing, contraction, dampening, damping,
debilitated, deciduous, declining, declivitous, decrease,
decrement, decrescence, decurrent, deduction, deflation,
depreciation, depression, descendant, descending, diminishment,
diminution, down, down-reaching, downcoming, downfalling,
downgoing, downhill, downsinking, downward, drooping, droopy,
dropping, dying, dying off, enervated, enfeebled, extenuation,
fade-out, fagged, faint, fainting, falling, fatigued,
feeling faint, flagging, floppy, footsore, frazzled,
good and tired, jaded, languid, languishment, lessening, letup,
limp, loose, lop, lop-eared, loppy, lowering, miniaturization,
mitigation, nodding, on the descendant, on the downgrade,
plummeting, plunging, ready to drop, reduction, relaxation,
run ragged, run-down, sagging in folds, saggy, scaling down, seedy,
setting, simplicity, sinking, submerging, subsiding, subtraction,
swag, tired, tired-winged, toilworn, tottering, tumbledown,
unrefreshed, unrestored, way-weary, wayworn, weak, weakened,
weakening, wearied, weariful, weary, weary-footed, weary-laden,
weary-winged, weary-worn, wilting, worn, worn-down
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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