What does sag mean?
Definitions for sag
sægsag
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Princeton's WordNet
sag, droopverb
a shape that sags
"there was a sag in the chair seat"
sag, droop, swag, flagverb
droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
sag, sag downverb
cause to sag
"The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably"
Wiktionary
sagnoun
The state of sinking or bending; sagging.
sagnoun
The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
sagnoun
The difference height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.
sagverb
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.
sagverb
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.
sagverb
To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
sagverb
To cause to bend or give way; to load.
sagverb
To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Sagverb
To load; to burthen.
To Sagverb
To hang heavy.
The mind I say by, and the heart I bear,
Shall never sag with doubt, nor shake with fear. William Shakespeare.
ChatGPT
sag
Sag is a verb that refers to the action of sinking, drooping, bending, or hanging downward due to pressure, weight or lack of strength. As a noun, it describes an instance or state of sagging. It is often used in the context of physical objects, like a sagging roof, but can also describe abstract concepts such as low spirits or decreased levels.
Webster Dictionary
Sagverb
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
Sagverb
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
Sagverb
to loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily
Sagverb
to cause to bend or give way; to load
Sagnoun
state of sinking or bending; sagging
Etymology: [Akin to Sw. sacka to settle, sink down, LG. sacken, D. zakken. Cf. Sink, v. i.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sag
sag, v.i. to bend, sink, or hang down: to yield or give way as from weight or pressure: to hang heavy: to make leeway.—n. a droop.—adj. loaded. [M. E. saggen, from Scand.; Sw. sacka, to sink down; cf. Ger. sacken, to sink.]
Rap Dictionary
sagverb
Sag means to wear your pants real low off of your waist. Therefore it looks like your pants are saggin' off your ass. Little fag, tried to sag, but you're floodin' at the same time -- Eazy-E. (Real Motherfu**in' G's)
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sag in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sag in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of sag in a Sentence
I have been a member of this union for over 50 years. It's an honor to receive this award from SAG-AFTRA.
Even when we’re mildly dehydrated, we start to sag in energy.
Those who are on the smaller side, shall we say, can go bra-less because it won’t hurt, and they won’t sag as much.
It’s been very stressful managing these reservations, i have to set my alarm for the minute the reservations open for weeks ahead. There are all these side phone numbers and links that you have to be in the know to get. I went to dinner a couple of times at Tutto Il Giorno in Sag Harbor and one day they gave me an e-mail link for future reservations. I felt so cool!
In cases where the flow is at higher risk of detaching from the surface; so your vehicle has a risk to sag down, to fall down. In that period a membrane wing can keep it afloat because the dynamics in the surface trigger vortices which roll down the wing, and these vortices produce lift. So you can use this vortex generation to produce lift. And you need the membrane to excite, generate these vortices.
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- تبلدArabic
- poklesnoutCzech
- synkeDanish
- durchhängenGerman
- γέρνωGreek
- sagetoEsperanto
- hundimiento, ahondarSpanish
- خنجرPersian
- painuaFinnish
- affaissementFrench
- megereszkedikHungarian
- սաղArmenian
- melengkungIndonesian
- attenuarsi, indossare pantaloni penzolanti, cedimento, smorzarsi, spegnersi, abbassamento, affondare, attenuare, penzolare, cedereItalian
- שקיעהHebrew
- たるみJapanese
- ಸಾಗ್Kannada
- 처짐Korean
- dicentLatin
- wheoro, tāwharuMāori
- scheefzakken, verslappen, slenteren, doorhangen, plooien, doen, hoogteverschil, zakken, treuzelen, doorzakken, nalaten, rondhangenDutch
- sagNorwegian
- zwisPolish
- afundarPortuguese
- scădere a prețuluiRomanian
- провисаниеRussian
- sagga, ha häng, sjunkaSwedish
- தொய்வைTamil
- పల్లపుTelugu
- ลดลงThai
- sarkmaTurkish
- провисатиUkrainian
- sagUrdu
- chảy xệVietnamese
- בייגנ זיךYiddish
- 凹陷Chinese
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