sagverb [ I ]
uk/sæɡ/us/sæɡ/-gg-to drop down to a lower level in the middle:
The shelf sagged under the weight of the heavy books.
a sagging roof/floor/bed
to become weaker:
The dollar held up well this morning but the pound sagged.
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Hanging and suspending
- cascade
- dangle
- dangly
- drape
- droop
- fall
- flow
- hang
- pendant
- pendent
- pendulous
- saggy
- sling
- slung
- string
- string sth up
- suspend
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Becoming and making less strong
sagnoun
uk/sæɡ/us/sæɡ/sag noun (DROP)
[ S or U ] a movement or position in which something has dropped down to a lower level:
a sag in the roof
[ C usually singular ] a reduction in something:
a sag in sales
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Becoming and making smaller or less
- a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- dive
- drain
- let sth down
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- minimize
- shrink
- slash
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- tail off
- take a tumble idiom
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sag noun (FOOD)
[ U ] → saag
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Types of vegetable
- alfalfa
- allium
- artichoke
- arugula
- asparagus
- chicory
- corn on the cob
- cos lettuce
- courgette
- cress
- lettuce
- mooli
- new potatoes
- okra
- onion
- shitake mushroom
- spinach
- spring greens
- spring onion
- spud
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