Definitions for sags

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IPA: /sæg/

Sags is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 16 anagrams from letters in sags (agss).

Definitions for sags

noun

1. an act or instance of sagging.
2. the degree of sagging.
3. a place where anything sags; depression.
4. a moderate decline in prices.
5. Nautical. deflection downward of a hull amidships, due to structural weakness. leeway (def 3).
6. Screen Actors Guild.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to sag.

verb (used without object)

1. to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle:
2. to hang down unevenly; droop:
3. to droop; hang loosely:
4. to yield through weakness, lack of effort, or the like:
5. to decline, as in price:
6. Nautical. (of a hull) to droop at the center or have excessive sheer because of structural weakness. Compare hog (def 14). to be driven to leeward; to make too much leeway.

Origin of sags

1375-1425; late Middle English saggen (v.), probably Scandinavian; compare Norwegian sagga to move slowly (akin to Low German sacken to sink, Norwegian, Danish sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic

Examples for sags

I did get to meet Emma Thompson during the audition and I saw her recently at the sag Awards and she said, “Oh, hello you!”

The bubble was holding, but the morale of the crew was beginning to sag.

Leto remedied the situation with his sag speech, and remedied it beautifully.

I can see the sag of their tired shoulders against the whitewashed wall.

All one has to do is to stop thinking and sag, or stop thinking and slash.

It bent, swayed, gave with her, letting her sag to a larger limb below.

In fact, of all the precursor awards, the sag is probably the best indicator of the eventual Oscar winner.

I've got on a pair of Wee Watts' now, and they sag something awful.

And the series was implausibly shut out by both the Golden Globe and sag Awards.

Every sag Best Actor winner has gone to win the Oscar stretching back to 2003.