Thesaurus: sag

Related headwords

Definitions

1. v. i. 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. v. i. 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.
3. v. i. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
4. v. t. To cause to bend or give way; to load.
5. n. State of sinking or bending; sagging.
6. n. a shape that sags
7. v. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
8. v. cause to sag
9. 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. To cause to bend or give way; to load. State of sinking or bending; sagging.
10. n:11/v:89 n. a shape that sags v. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness v. cause to sag