sag

/sæg/

/sæg/

Other forms: sagging; sagged; sags

When something sags, it leans, settles, or droops. If your bed sags in the middle, it can be hard to get a good night's sleep.

When you're tired, your whole body may sag, drooping with exhaustion. And older people are sometimes surprised to look in the mirror and see that their faces are beginning to sag with age. Objects sag too, with weight or age: "The porch on that old house has started to sag — the whole thing may need to be torn down." Sag is probably related to the Old Norse sokkva, "to sink."

Definitions of sag

1. verb

   droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
   synonyms: droop, flag, swag

   types:

   slouch, slump

   assume a drooping posture or carriage

   bag

   hang loosely, like an empty bag

   type of:

   drop, drop down, sink

   fall or descend to a lower place or level
2. verb

   cause to sag
   “The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably”

   synonyms: sag down

   type of:

   drop, drop down, sink

   fall or descend to a lower place or level
3. noun

   a shape that sags
   “there was a sag in the chair seat”

   synonyms: droop

   type of:

   depression, impression, imprint

   a concavity in a surface produced by pressing