sag

UK: /ˈsæg/ US: /sæg/ ,(sag)

Inflections of 'sag' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

sags

v 3rd person singular

sagging

v pres p

sagged

v past

sagged

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

sag /sæg/   v., sagged, sag•ging, n. 
v. [no object]

1. to sink downward by or as if by weight:
   His body sagged under the weight of carrying her.
2. to decline or become less in strength or intensity:
   Our spirits began to sag.
3. to decline or go down in value:
   The stock market sagged today.

n. [countable]

4. an act or instance of sagging.

sag•gy, adj., -gi•er, -gi•est. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

sag  (sag), v., sagged, sag•ging, 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 weakness, lack of effort, or the like:
   Our spirits began to sag.
5. to decline, as in price:
   The stock market sagged today.
6. [Naut.]
   • Naval Terms (of a hull) to droop at the center or have excessive sheer because of structural weakness. Cf. hog (def. 16).
   • Naval Terms to be driven to leeward;
     to make too much leeway.

v.t. 

7. to cause to sag.

n. 

8. an act or instance of sagging.
9. the degree of sagging.
10. a place where anything sags;
    depression.
11. a moderate decline in prices.
12. [Naut.]
    • Naval Terms deflection downward of a hull amidships, due to structural weakness.
    • Naval Terms leeway (def. 3).

• Scandinavian; compare Norwegian sagga to move slowly (akin to Low German sacken to sink, Norwegian, Danish sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka to slow up, fall behind)
• late Middle English saggen (verb, verbal), probably 1375–1425

Synonyms

• 4. weaken, flag, tire, weary.

SAG  (sag), n. 

1. Show Business, See Screen Actors Guild. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

sag / sæɡ/ verb (sags, sagging, sagged)(mainly intr)

1. (also tr) to sink or cause to sink in parts, as under weight or pressure: the bed sags in the middle
2. to fall in value: prices sagged to a new low
3. to hang unevenly; droop
4. (of courage, spirits, etc) to weaken; flag

noun

1. the act or an instance of sagging: a sag in profits
2. the extent to which a vessel's keel sags at the centre

Etymology: 15th Century: from Scandinavian; compare Swedish sacka, Dutch zakken, Norwegian dialect sakka to subside, Danish sakke to lag behind