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Webster 1913 Edition

Sag

Sag

(săg)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sagged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sagging
.]
[Akin to Sw.
sacka
to settle, sink down, LG.
sacken
, D.
zakken
. Cf.
Sink
,
Verb.
I.
]
1.
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
.
2.
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.
[R.]
The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear,
Shall never
sag
with doubt nor shake with fear.
Shakespeare
3.
To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
To sag to leeward
(Naut.)
,
to make much leeway by reason of the wind, sea, or current; to drift to leeward; – said of a vessel.
Totten.

Sag

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to bend or give way; to load.

Sag

,
Noun.
State of sinking or bending; sagging.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sag

SAG

,
Verb.
I.
[a different spelling of swag, which see.]
1.
To yield; to give way; to lean or incline from an upright position, or to bend from a horizontal position. Our workmen say, a building sags to the north or south; or a beam sags by means of its weight.
2.
In sailing, to incline to the leeward; to make lee way.

SAG

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to bend or give way; to load or burden.

Definition 2024

såg

såg

See also: sag, saag, SAG, sağ, säg, sąg, -sag, and -ság

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

såg

  1. past tense of sjå

Swedish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soːɡ/

Noun

såg c

  1. saw; a tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
  2. sawmill
Declension
Inflection of såg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative såg sågen sågar sågarna
Genitive sågs sågens sågars sågarnas
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish sā, from *sah. The final -g was added to sā under influence of the Old Swedish plural form sāgho. See se.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soːɡ/

Verb

såg

  1. past tense of se.

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