sag
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal…To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
» The floor sagged under the heavy weight.
Meaning
9 sensesTo sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
A line or cable supported by its ends sags, even if it is tightly drawn.
The floor of a room sags.
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
(broadly)To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
A building may sag one way or another.
The door sags on its hinges.
einsinken, absinken
(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.
durchhängen, ausleiern
проседа́тьprosedátʹ, просе́стьproséstʹ
провиса́тиprovysáty, прови́снутиprovýsnuty, просіда́тиprosidáty
(intransitive)To fail to sustain interest; to be boring.
The movie really sags after the chase scene.
To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
schlendern
слоня́тьсяslonjátʹsja
(transitive)To cause to bend or give way; to load.
cause to sag
Senses relating to clothing
(informal, transitive)To wear one's trousers, shorts, etc., so that their top is well below the waist.
He sags his pants real low.
(informal, intransitive, usually)To be worn so that the top is well below the waist.
His pants were sagging low.
(Canada, informal)To pull down someone else's pants as a prank.
Examples
14 sentencesThe floor sagged under the heavy weight.
His shoulders sagged when he heard the news.
deEr ließ seine Schultern hängen, als er die Neuigkeit hörte.
The party's candidate began to sag in the polls.
The sag of that bag makes it unappealing to wear.
Do you see how the roof sags in the middle?
Translations
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Origin
From earlier sag, sagg, sack, from Middle English saggen, probably from Middle Low GermanFrom earlier sag, sagg, sack, from Middle English saggen, probably from Middle Low German sacken (“to sink, drift”), ultimately of North Germanic/Scandinavian/Old Norse origin, akin to Old Norse søkkva (“to sink”), a denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną (“to cause to sink”), related to Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”).
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Forms
sags, sagging, sagged, saggedSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle