sag
(săg)
[Middle English saggen, probably of Scandinavian originSwedish sacka, to sink.]
verb: sagged, sag·ging, sags.
intransitive verb
- To sink, droop, or settle from pressure or weight.
- To lose vigor, firmness, or resilience: My spirits sagged after I had been rejected for the job.
- To decline, as in value or price: Stock prices sagged after a short rally.
- Nautical To drift to leeward.
transitive verb
- To cause to sag.
noun
- The act or an instance of sagging.
- The degree or extent to which something sags.
- A sagging area; a depression.
- A temporary decline in monetary value.
- Nautical A drift to leeward.
derivatives
- saǵgy
- adjective