Definition of "sag"

sag¹

/sæɡ/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural sags
1. The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
2. The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
3. The difference in height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.
verb
third-person singular simple present sags, present participle sagging, simple past and past participle sagged
1. To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
2. (by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
  Quotations
  The weather became more and more threatening; the ship sagged to the leeward more than she ought.
  1890, Great Britain. High Court of Justice. Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division, The Law Reports. Probate Division in the Courts of Probate and Divorce: In the Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Courts, and in the Privy Council, from Michaelmas Sittings, 1875, to 1890 (volume 5)
3. (figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; 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.
  Quotations
  The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, / Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
  c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene iii]
4. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
5. (transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
6. (informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
7. (informal, Canada) To pull down someone else's pants as a prank.

sag²

noun
uncountable
1. Alternative form of saag
  Quotations
  The dal tarka (£5) is made from whole yellow split peas, while sag aloo (£5) brings potatoes in a rich and oily spinach puree.
  2003, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants, page 173

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