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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sag \sag\ sa^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.
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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.
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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.
1913 webster
see also:
sagged sagging sink to sag to leeward
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