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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[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.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sag
n : a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat" [syn:
{droop}]
v 1: droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss
of tautness [syn: {droop}, {swag}, {flag}]
2: cause to sag; "The children sagged their bottoms down even
more comfortably" [syn: {sag down}]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
SAG
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