Definition of sag

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Sag (v. i.) 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..

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Driveway :: Driveway (n.) A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven.
Harmonist :: Harmonist (n.) One who shows the agreement or harmony of corresponding passages of different authors, as of the four evangelists..
Form :: Form (n.) Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect; as, water assumes the form of ice or snow. In modern usage, the elements of a conception furnished by the mind's own activity, as contrasted with its object or condition, which is called the matter; subjectively, a mode of apprehension or belief conceived as dependent on the constitution of the mind; objectively, universal and necessary accompaniments or elements of every object known or thought of..
Hydronephrosis :: Hydronephrosis (n.) An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages..
Ban :: Ban (n.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army..
Cantabile :: Cantabile (n.) A piece or passage, whether vocal or instrumental, peculiarly adapted to singing; -- sometimes called cantilena..
Sagittate :: Sagittate (a.) Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward..
Fairway :: Fairway (n.) The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels..
Presage :: Presage (v. i.) To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of.
Ferriage :: Ferriage (n.) The price or fare to be paid for passage at a ferry.
Lambda :: Lambda (n.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.
Irksome :: Irksome (a.) Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks..
Slide :: Slide (n.) Smooth, even passage or progress..
Keynote :: Keynote (n.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone..
Presage :: Presage (v. t.) Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment..
Passage :: Passage (v. i.) Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor..
Tersanctus :: Tersanctus (n.) An ancient ascription of praise (containing the word Holy -- in its Latin form, Sanctus -- thrice repeated), used in the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before the prayer of consecration in the communion service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. Cf. Trisagion..
Penetrative :: Penetrative (a.) Acute; discerning; sagacious; as, penetrative wisdom..
Drudgery :: Drudgery (n.) The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil.
Latinize :: Latinize (v. t.) To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech..
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