'Sagging' definitions:
Definition of 'sagging'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Sagging'
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]
Definition of 'Sagging'
From: GCIDE
- Sagging \Sag"ging\, n. A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sagging'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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