Sag

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun State of sinking or bending; sagging.

II. Sag ·vt To cause to bend or give way; to Load.

III. Sag ·vi To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.

IV. Sag ·vi 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.

V. Sag ·vi 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.