sag bend

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• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sag — [sæg] v past tense and past participle sagged present participle sagging [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from a [i]Scandinavian language] 1.) to hang down or bend in the middle, especially because of the weight of something = ↑droop ▪ The… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sag — [sag] vi. sagged, sagging [ME saggen, prob. < Scand, akin to Swed sacka, Norw dial. sakka, sagga < IE base * sengw , to SINK] 1. to sink, bend, or curve, esp. in the middle, from weight or pressure 2. to hang down unevenly or loosely 3. to… …   English World dictionary

• sag — /sag/, v., sagged, sagging, n. v.i. 1. to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, esp. in the middle: The roof sags. 2. to hang down unevenly; droop: Her skirt was sagging. 3. to droop; hang loosely: His shoulders sagged. 4. to yield through …   Universalium

• bend — [n] curve angle, arc, bending, bow, corner, crook, curvation, curvature, deflection, deviation, flection, flexure, hook, lean, loop, round, sag, shift, tack, tilt, turn, twist, yaw, zigzag; concept 436 Ant. line bend [v1] form or cause a curve… …   New thesaurus

• Sag — Sag, v. t. To cause to bend or give way; to load. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sag — [n] drop, decline basin, cant, concavity, depression, dip, distortion, downslide*, downswing*, downtrend, downturn, droop, fall, fall off, hollow, list, settling, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, sinking, slant, slip, slump, tilt; concepts 181,698,776… …   New thesaurus

• sag — sag1 [ sæg ] verb intransitive 1. ) to become soft and start to bend or hang downward: This old couch is starting to sag in the middle. 2. ) to become weaker or less in amount or value: When Asian economies sag, the company s sales go down.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• sag — UK [sæɡ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms sag : present tense I/you/we/they sag he/she/it sags present participle sagging past tense sagged past participle sagged 1) to become soft and start to bend or hang downwards This old couch is starting …   English dictionary

• bend — Synonyms and related words: L, S curve, aberrancy, aberration, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, achievement, adapt, adapt to, adjust, adjust to, affect, agree with, aim, aim at, alerion, angle, angle off, animal charge, annulet, apex, apply …   Moby Thesaurus

• sag — /sæg / (say sag) verb (i) (sagged, sagging) 1. to sink or bend downwards by weight or pressure, especially in the middle. 2. to droop; hang loosely: sagging shoulders. 3. to yield through weakness, lack of effort, or the like. 4. to decline, as… …