Crossword clues for sagged
sagged
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sag \Sag\ (s[a^]g), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Sagging.] [Akin to Sw. sacka to settle, sink down, LG. sacken, D. zakken. Cf. Sink, 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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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.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-pastsag)
WordNet
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Usage examples of "sagged".
Conan tore his sword free as the victim sagged to the floor, gasping and gurgling.
Limp and broken he sagged across the altar, his brains oozing from his crushed skull.
He made himself heavy and sagged toward the ground, watching the horsemen pace nearer.
For an instant he sagged and heaved for breath, feeling himself safe inside his glass-and-steel box.
I had lifted him to my shoulder, and I sagged to my knees, under the weight of his terror rather than his body.
His mouth sagged open and his tongue, which was never completely inside it, protruded even more as his little eyes drooped almost closed.
The top of the snow sagged, then collapsed and fell into a deep hollow before us.
He pushed his blankets back a little and half sat up, and then sagged back down into his bedding.
She sagged to the tiled floor, Lucien providing just enough support to keep her from cracking her head against the plumbing.
Her real limbs sagged into the mattress like stalks of lead, while the fake ones felt the way they always did.
The guard uttered a strangled half sob and sagged to her knees, her nose smashed and streaming blood, her fingers twisted.
Doyle sagged against the wall, sliding down until she crouched on the floor.
She sagged back on the bed and tried to gather her scattering thoughts.
On the floor sagged his high leather boots, that he had scraped the mud from and shined.
She put her arm about him, and as he sagged she braced herself against his weight, and held him.