sag

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a shape that sags
  2. verb droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
  3. verb cause to sag

Etymology

From late Middle English saggen, probably of North Germanic/Scandinavian/Old Norse origin, akin to Old Norse sokkva (“to sink”), from a denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“move slowly”)); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka. Compare also Dutch zakken and German sacken (from Low German).

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Synonyms

droop

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