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To be limp or droop downwards
“The shirt's cuffs won't sag and lose their shape after washing.”
To sink or slump downwards, especially from weight, pressure, or a lack of strength
“I sag to the ground, feeling the cold tile underneath my palms.”
To decline to a lower quantity, degree or level
“The need for hard currency for machinery led the Russians to throw more and more wheat into the market, causing prices to sag.”
To lose strength or vitality
“Powell's health began to sag and fall. After years of hard labor in the field, which he had seemed to relish, he found, as Clarence King had found, that Washington was hard on his constitution.”
To decrease in severity or intensity
To go or sink underground or underwater
To linger behind or wander from a main line or part
To be in, or move into, a sloping position
Plural for the act, fact or state of sagging or sinking
“This leads to a sag in the cable on which the counterweight hangs.”
Plural for a hole or depression in the ground or a surface
“A sag in the road bed and cracks across the road surface have developed at a point where the highway crosses an old San Andreas fault scarp.”
Plural for the act of lowering in amount
Plural for an act of dropping or falling downwards
Plural for the act of setting, or of being set, at an angle
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