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SAG

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Irregular inflected forms: sagged    , sagging   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shape that sags

Example:

there was a sag in the chair seat

Synonyms:

droop; sag

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("sag" is a kind of...):

depression; impression; imprint (a concavity in a surface produced by pressing)

Derivation:

sag (droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness)

sag (cause to sag)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

Synonyms:

droop; flag; sag; swag

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "sag" is one way to...):

drop; drop down; sink (fall or descend to a lower place or level)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sag"):

slouch; slump (assume a drooping posture or carriage)

bag (hang loosely, like an empty bag)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence examples:

The children sag in the rocking chair

There sag some children in the rocking chair

Derivation:

sag (a shape that sags)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to sag

Example:

The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably

Synonyms:

sag; sag down

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "sag" is one way to...):

drop; drop down; sink (fall or descend to a lower place or level)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sag (a shape that sags)

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