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(1):

(n.) State of sinking or bending; sagging.

(2):

(v. t.) To cause to bend or give way; to load.

(3):

(v. i.) To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.

(4):

(v. i.) Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.

(5):

(v. i.) To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sag'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sag.html. 1828.
 
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