sag

sag
[[t]sæ̱g[/t]]
sags, sagging, sagged
1) VERB When something sags, it hangs down loosely or sinks downwards in the middle.

The shirt's cuffs won't sag and lose their shape after washing...

The roof sagged at one corner, where the ceiling beams had snapped with rot...

[V-ing] He sat down in the sagging armchair.

2) VERB When part of someone's body begins to sag, it starts to become less firm and hang down.

He is heavily built, but beginning to sag.

[V-ing] ...flabby thighs and sagging bottoms.

Syn:
3) VERB To sag means to become weaker.

The pound continued to sag despite four interventions by the Bank of England...

Some of the tension Altman builds up starts to sag...

[V-ing] They failed to revive her sagging spirits.

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English dictionary. 2008.

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