sag

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.

(1) A momentary drop in voltage from the power source. Contrast with spike.

(2) (SAG) (SQL Access Group) See CLI.

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verb

1. To hang limply, loosely, and carelessly: droop, flop, loll, lop², slouch, wilt. See hang.
2. To become limp, as from loss of freshness: droop, flag², wilt. See better/worse.
3. To decline, as in value or quantity, very gradually: drop off, fall off, slip. See increase/decrease.

noun

An area sunk below its surroundings: basin, concavity, depression, dip, hollow, pit¹, sink, sinkhole. See convex/concave.

n

Definition: drop, decline
Antonyms: increase, rise

v

Definition: droop
Antonyms: bulge, draw up, tighten

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - synke, hænge, dale, sætte sig, synke ned på midten, slæbe sig af sted
v. tr. - få til at synke, få til at hænge
n. - sænkning, fordybning, sakken, nedpresning, nedgang, fald, kølsænkning

2.
n. - indisk betegnelse for spinat

Nederlands (Dutch)
doorbuigen, doorzakken, hangen

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - s'affaisser, ne pas être bien tendu, pendre (la poitrine), être flasque, perdre courage, baisser (une monnaie)
v. tr. - faire s'affaisser, faire pendre, faire baisser
n. - affaissement, baisse

2.
n. - épinard (terme utilisé en Inde)

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - durchhängen, hängen, sinken
n. - Senkung

2.
n. - indischer Spinat

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κάθομαι, υποχωρώ, (μτφ.) κρεμάω, σακουλιάζω, (για τιμή) πέφτω
n. - χαλάρωση, πτώση τιμών

Italiano (Italian)
piegarsi, cadere (detto anche di seni)

Português (Portuguese)
v. - vergar
n. - barriga (f), depressão (f), arqueamento (m)

Русский (Russian)
прогиб, изгиб, кривизна, спад, ослабление, прогибаться, свисать, спадать, ослабевать, отклоняться от курса

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - hundirse, curvarse, asentarse (por presión o peso)
v. tr. - combar, empandar, hundir, reprimir
n. - combadura, comba, pandeo, hundimiento, depresión (en la tierra), deriva (mar), baja (bolsa de valores)

2.
n. - espinaca (término utilizado en India)

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - svikta, ge efter, sjunka, bågna, slutta, dala, mattas, driva ur kurs
n. - sättning, sjunkande, fördjupning, nedgång, prisfall, avdrift

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
下垂, 萎靡, 倾斜, 使下垂, 下陷, 下弯, 下垂度

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 下垂, 萎靡, 傾斜
v. tr. - 使下垂
n. - 下陷, 下垂, 下彎, 下垂度

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - 축 처지다, 맥이 빠지다, (가격, 가치가) 내려가다
v. tr. - ~을 처지게 하다, ~을 약화시키다
n. - 처짐, (시세의) 하락

2.
n. - (인디안어) 시금치

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 下がる, たるむ, たわむ, 流される, のらくら歩く, くじける, 下落する, たるませる
n. - 垂れ, たるみ, もたれ, 下落

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يضعف, يرتخي (الاسم) موضع غائر, أنحراف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮שקע באופן לא-מאוזן תחת לחץ, ירד, היה בעל בליטה או שקע בצדו התחתון, נפל, סטתה ממסלולה לצד המוגן מהרוח (ספינה), תלה ברפיון, ירידה, שקיעה‬
v. tr. - ‮השקיע באופן לא-מאוזן תחת לחץ, הוריד, הפיל‬
n. - ‮מידת השקיעה (של חבל וכו'), ירידה במחירים, שקיעה, ירידה‬
n. - ‮שיבוש של מונח אינדיאני לתרד‬

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