sag
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)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.
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)A place where the surface (of a seat, the earth, etc) sinks or droops, like a depression or a dip in a ridge.
- 5.
(alt of, alternative, uncountable, usually)Alternative form of saag.
Động từ
verb- 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.
Her once firm bosom began to sag in her thirties.
- 2.
(broadly)(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.
The weather became more and more threatening; the ship sagged to the leeward more than she ought.
- 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.
- 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.
- 7.
(Canada, informal)To pull down someone else's pants as a prank.
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From earlier sag, sagg, sack, from Middle English saggen, probably from sacken (to sink, drift), ultimately of -/Scandinavian/Old Norse - origin, akin to søkkva, a denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną (to cause to sink), related to.