Definition of
Sag
- (noun, shape) a shape that sags
- (verb, motion) droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- (verb, motion) cause to sag
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Alternate forms of Sag
Derivations: sag
Hypernyms: depression, drop, drop down, impression, imprint, sink
Origin of the word Sag
- 1392, possibly from a Scand. source related to O.N. sokkva "to sink," or from M.L.G. sacken "to sink" (as dregs in wine), from denasalized derivative of P.Gmc. base *senkwanan "to sink" (see sink). A general North Sea Gmc. word (cf. Du. zakken, Swed. sacka, Dan. sakke). The noun is first recorded 1861. more
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Words that sound like Sag
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