sagged

Verb

sag (third-person singular simple present sags, present participle sagging, simple past and past participle sagged)

1. To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
   • A line or cable supported by its ends sags, even if it is tightly drawn.
   1. (broadly) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
      • A building may sag one way or another.
   2. (figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; 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.
      • The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, / Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
2. (intransitive, e.g., movie) To fail to sustain interest; to be boring.
   • The movie really sags after the chase scene.
3. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
   • When Handy had gone, Bert Barricue sagged in, unwashed, unshaven. He sat down stiffly.1949, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 106
4. (transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.

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