'SAG' definitions:
Definition of 'sag'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Sag'
From: GCIDE
- Sag \Sag\, v. t. To cause to bend or give way; to load. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sag'
From: GCIDE
- Sag \Sag\, n. State of sinking or bending; sagging. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sag'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'sag'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- ablate,
- arch,
- bag,
- basin,
- bate,
- be eaten away,
- bear market,
- bear off,
- bearish market,
- beat down,
- bend,
- bend back,
- bow,
- break,
- cadence,
- cascade,
- catenary,
- cave,
- cave in,
- cheapen,
- cheapening,
- concavity,
- consume,
- consume away,
- corrode,
- crash,
- crook,
- crumble,
- curl,
- curve,
- cut,
- cut prices,
- daggle,
- dangle,
- decline,
- declining market,
- decrease,
- decurrence,
- decurve,
- deflate,
- deflation,
- deflect,
- deliquesce,
- depend,
- depreciate,
- depreciation,
- devaluate,
- devaluation,
- die away,
- diminish,
- dip,
- dive,
- dome,
- downslide,
- downswing,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- drabble,
- drag,
- draggle,
- drape,
- drift,
- drift off course,
- drive,
- droop,
- drop,
- drop off,
- dwindle,
- ebb,
- embow,
- erode,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall down,
- fall in price,
- fall off,
- falloff,
- fetch away,
- flag,
- flap,
- flex,
- flop,
- flop down,
- flow,
- flump,
- flump down,
- founder,
- give way,
- go down,
- hang,
- hang down,
- hollow,
- hook,
- hump,
- hunch,
- incurvate,
- incurve,
- inflect,
- jew down,
- languish,
- lapse,
- lessen,
- let up,
- loop,
- lop,
- lower,
- lowering,
- make leeway,
- mark down,
- markdown,
- melt away,
- nod,
- nose dive,
- nose-dive,
- off market,
- pare,
- pay off,
- pend,
- plop,
- plop down,
- plummet,
- plummeting,
- plump,
- plunge,
- price cut,
- price fall,
- price reduction,
- recurve,
- reduce,
- reduction,
- reflect,
- reflex,
- retreating market,
- retroflex,
- round,
- run low,
- sagging market,
- set,
- settle,
- settle down,
- settling,
- shave,
- shrink,
- sink,
- sink down,
- sinkage,
- sinkhole,
- sinking,
- slash,
- slide,
- slip,
- slouch,
- slump,
- slump down,
- smash,
- soft market,
- submerge,
- submergence,
- subside,
- subsidence,
- swag,
- sweep,
- swing,
- tail off,
- trail,
- trim,
- turn,
- vault,
- wane,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wear,
- wear away,
- weep,
- wilt,
- wind,
- yaw,
- yaw off
Acronyms for 'sag'
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