sag

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sag1

▶verb (sags, sagging, sagged) sink, subside, or bulge downwards gradually under weight or pressure or through lack of strength.

■ hang down loosely or unevenly.

▶noun

• 1 an instance of sagging.

• 2 Geometry the amount of a downward curve, measured as the perpendicular distance from the middle of the curve to the straight line between the two supporting points.

– phrasal verbs
sag off informal play truant from school.

– derivatives
saggy adjective.

– origin ME: appar. rel. to Mid. Low Ger. sacken, Du. zakken ‘subside’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sag2

▶noun variant spelling of saag.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
saag /sɑːg/ (also sag)

▶noun Indian spinach or another leafy vegetable.

– origin from Hindi sāg.