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Sagging

To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.

📖 Definitions of "Sagging"

verb
  1. 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."

  2. 2

    (by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.

    "A building may sag one way or another."

  3. 3

    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.

  4. 4

    To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.

noun
  1. 1

    The act of something that sags.

  2. 2

    A manner of wearing pants or shorts below the waist, revealing some or all of the underwear.

adjective
  1. 1

    (of a person or clothes) Worn low on the waist, or wearing pants or shorts low on the waist.

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