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sagging


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sag  \Sag\  (s[a^]g),  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sagged};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Sagging}.]  [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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sagging  \Sag"ging\,  n. 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sagging 
  adj  :  hanging  down  (as  from  exhaustion  or  weakness)  [syn:  {drooping}, 
  {droopy}] 




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