Sag : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Sag	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Sag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sag n a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat" Synonym(s): sag, droop v droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness Synonym(s): sag, droop, swag, flag cause to sag; "The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably" Synonym(s): sag, sag down
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sag \Sag\, v. t. To cause to bend or give way; to load.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sag \Sag\, n. State of sinking or bending; sagging.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sag \Sag\ (s[acr]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. 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.] The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear. --Shak. 3. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily. {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.