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SAGGING
drooping, droopy, sagging
(adjective) hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)
SAG
sag, droop, swag, flag
(verb) droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
sag, sag down
(verb) cause to sag; “The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
sagging (countable and uncountable, plural saggings)
The act of something that sags.
A manner of wearing pants or shorts below the waist, revealing some or all of the underwear.
Adjective
sagging (comparative more sagging, superlative most sagging)
(of a person or clothes) Worn low on the waist, or wearing pants or shorts low on the waist.
Verb
sagging
present participle of sag
Source: Wiktionary
Sag"ging, n.
Definition: 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.
SAG
Sag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Sagging.] Etym: [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.
Sag, v. t.
Definition: To cause to bend or give way; to load.
Sag, n.
Definition: State of sinking or bending; sagging.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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