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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a shape that sags;
- Example: "there was a sag in the chair seat"
[syn: sag, droop]


VERB (2)

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

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sag \Sag\, v. t. To cause to bend or give way; to load. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sag \Sag\, n. State of sinking or bending; sagging. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sag n 1: a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat" [syn: sag, droop] v 1: droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness [syn: sag, droop, swag, flag] 2: cause to sag; "The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably" [syn: sag, sag down]