| VERB | motion | sag, droop, swag, flag | droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | sag, sag down | cause to sag | |
| NOUN | shape | sag, droop | a shape that sags |
| Sounds | sae'g | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Ag ... zigzag: 32 rhymes with aeg... | |
| Meaning | A shape that sags. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "there was a sag in the chair seat" | |
| Synonym | droop | |
| Broader | depression, impression, imprint | A concavity in a surface produced by pressing |
| Spanish | combadura, comba, pandeo | |
| Catalan | aclofament, enfonsament | |
| Verbs | sag | droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness |
| sag | cause to sag | |
| Meaning | droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Model | The children sag in the rocking chair; There sag some children in the rocking chair | |
| Synonyms | droop, swag, flag | |
| Narrower | bag | hang loosely, like an empty bag |
| slump, slouch | assume a drooping posture or carriage | |
| Broader | sink, drop, drop down | fall or descend to a lower place or level |
| Spanish | combarse | |
| Catalan | corbar-se | |
| Nouns | sag | a shape that sags |
| Meaning | Cause to sag. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably" | |
| Synonym | sag down | |
| Broader | sink, drop, drop down | fall or descend to a lower place or level |
| Spanish | combarse | |
| Catalan | corbar-se | |
| Nouns | sag | a shape that sags |
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