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sagging |
3 definitions found 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sagging adj : hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) [syn: {drooping}, {droopy}]
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