sag

From late Middle English saggen, probably of Scandinavian/Old Norse origin (compare Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“move slowly”)); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka, Old Norse sokkva. Compare also Dutch zakken and German sacken (from Low German).

• enPR: săg, IPA^(key): /sæɡ/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

sag (countable and uncountable, plural sags)

1. The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
2. The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
3. The difference in height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.

sag (third-person singular simple present sags, present participle sagging, simple past and past participle sagged)

1. To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.

   A line or cable supported by its ends sags, even if it is tightly drawn.

   The floor of a room sags.

2. (by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.

   A building may sag one way or another.

   The door sags on its hinges.

3. (figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; 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.
   • Shakespeare

     The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, / Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.

4. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
5. (transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
6. (informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:sag.

sag (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of saag
   • 2003, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants (page 173)

     The dal tarka (£5) is made from whole yellow split peas, while sag aloo (£5) brings potatoes in a rich and oily spinach puree.

• AGS, AGs, Ags., GSA, Gas, SGA, gas

From Dutch zacht.

• IPA^(key): /saχ/, [säχ], [sɐχ]

sag (attributive sagte, comparative sagter, superlative sagste)

1. soft

From Old Danish sak, from Old Norse sǫk, from Proto-Germanic *sakō. Cognate with Swedish sak, Icelandic sök, English sake, Dutch zaak, German Sache.

• IPA^(key): /saːɡ/, [sæːˀj]

sag c (singular definite sagen, plural indefinite sager)

1. matter, business, affair, thing
2. cause
3. case, lawsuit
4. file

From Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

• IPA^(key): /sɛaː/
• Homophone: sæð

sag f (genitive singular sagar, plural sagir)

1. saw; a tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal

• IPA^(key): /zaːk/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /zax/ (northern and central Germany; very common)

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• Rhymes: -aːk, -ax

sag

1. Imperative singular of sagen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of sagen.

From the verb saga (“to saw”).

• IPA^(key): /saːɣ/
• Rhymes: -aːɣ

sag n (genitive singular sags, no plural)

1. sawdust

• gas

From Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

sag f or m (definite singular saga or sagen, indefinite plural sager, definite plural sagene)

1. (tools) a saw
2. sawmill

sag

1. imperative of sage

• “sag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse sǫg

sag f (definite singular saga, indefinite plural sager, definite plural sagene)

1. (tools) a saw

• “sag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin sagum.

• IPA^(key): /sâːɡ/

sȃg m (Cyrillic spelling са̑г)

1. carpet, rug

• tèpih