MEANING
To sink or hang lower than intended, especially under weight or through weakened support.
Use it for
overloaded surfaces; weak supports; gradual structural declineShow impending trouble through a lowered line rather than an immediate break.
Words that belong together
- sagging roof
- floor sags
- sag under the weight
On the page
The porch roof sagged between its two remaining posts.
Books made the thin shelf sag at the centre.
By spring, the ceiling was sagging beneath the slow leak.
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Word forms
- Base
- sag / sags
- Past tense
- sagged
- Past participle
- sagged
- Present participle
- sagging
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- sag / sags
- Present continuous
- am/is/are sagging
- Present perfect
- have/has sagged
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been sagging
- Past
- sagged
- Past continuous
- was/were sagging
- Past perfect
- had sagged
- Past perfect continuous
- had been sagging
- Future
- will sag / sags
- Future continuous
- will be sagging
- Future perfect
- will have sagged
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been sagging
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Suggests gradual drooping rather than a sudden collapse; may describe roofs, floors, fabric, or cables. Verb: sag, sags, sagged, sagged, sagging. Also count noun: sag.
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