sag (săg)

v., sagged, sag·ging, sags.

v.intr.

1. To sink, droop, or settle from pressure or weight.
2. To lose vigor, firmness, or resilience: My spirits sagged after I had been rejected for the job.
3. To decline, as in value or price: Stock prices sagged after a short rally.
4. Nautical. To drift to leeward.

v.tr.
To cause to sag.

n.

1. 1. The act or an instance of sagging.
   2. The degree or extent to which something sags.
2. A sagging area; a depression.
3. A temporary decline in monetary value.
4. Nautical. A drift to leeward.

[Middle English saggen, probably of Scandinavian origin, akin to Swedish sacka, to sink.]

saggy sag'gy adj.

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