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SAGGING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sagging mean? 

SAGGING (adjective)
  The adjective SAGGING has 1 sense:

1. hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)play

  Familiarity information: SAGGING used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SAGGING (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)

Synonyms:

drooping; droopy; sagging

Similar:

lax (lacking in firmness or tension; not taut)


 Context examples 


The sagging valley floor lowered part of the rim of the Rembrandt basin as well.

(‘Great Valley’ Found on Mercury, NASA)

His body was sagging at the hips, his great shoulders were drooping and shrinking forward.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Some of the most common body parts people want to improve through surgery include: • Breasts: Increase or reduce the size of breasts or reshape sagging breasts • Ears: Reduce the size of large ears or set protruding ears back closer to the head • Eyes: Correct drooping upper eyelids or remove puffy bags below the eyes • Face: Remove facial wrinkles, creases or acne scars • Hair: Fill in balding areas with one's own hair • Nose: Change the shape of the nose • Tummy: Flatten the abdomen

(Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, NIH)

Martin glanced at her and verified her statement in her general slovenly appearance, in the unhealthy fat, in the drooping shoulders, the tired face with the sagging lines, and in the heavy fall of her feet, without elasticity—a very caricature of the walk that belongs to a free and happy body.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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