"sag" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sæɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-sag.wav [UK] Forms: sags [plural]
enPR: săg Rhymes: -æɡ Etymology: From late Middle English saggen, probably of North Germanic/Scandinavian/Old Norse origin, akin to Old Norse sokkva (“to sink”), from a denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“move slowly”)); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka. Compare also Dutch zakken and German sacken (from Low German). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|saggen}} Middle English saggen, {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{der|en|non|-}} Old Norse, {{cog|non|sokkva|t=to sink}} Old Norse sokkva (“to sink”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*sinkwaną|t=to sink}} Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”), {{cog|nn|sagga||move slowly}} Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“move slowly”), {{m|da|sakke}} sakke, {{cog|sv|sacka}} Swedish sacka, {{cog|is|sakka}} Icelandic sakka, {{cog|nl|zakken}} Dutch zakken, {{cog|de|sacken}} German sacken, {{cog|nds|-}} Low German Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sag (countable and uncountable, plural sags)
  1. The state of sinking or bending; a droop. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of sinking or bending): хлътване (hlǎtvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), (het) zakken (Dutch), roikkuminen (Finnish), painuminen (Finnish), taipuminen (Finnish), cedimento [masculine] (Italian), colata (di vernice) [feminine] (Italian), cedimento [masculine] (Portuguese), afundamento [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-sag-en-noun-eJJwRWCk Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 3 6 23 7 5 28 4 4 4 4 Disambiguation of 'state of sinking or bending': 99 1 1
  2. The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (difference in elevation): провисванв (provisvanv) [neuter] (Bulgarian), hoogteverschil [neuter] (Dutch), roikkuma (Finnish), flèche [feminine] (French), abbassamento [masculine] (Italian), høydeforskjell [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), obniżenie [neuter] (Polish), flecha [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sag-en-noun-NoaK02wR Disambiguation of 'difference in elevation': 2 79 19
  3. The difference in height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sag-en-noun-IE~p0MzB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} sag (uncountable)
  1. Alternative form of saag Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: saag
    Sense id: en-sag-en-noun-HDLa2Bhj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 3 6 29 6 6 25 4 5 4 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 3 6 23 7 5 28 4 4 4 4 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 9 3 4 22 5 8 23 4 7 6 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /sæɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-sag.wav [UK] Forms: sags [present, singular, third-person], sagging [participle, present], sagged [participle, past], sagged [past]
enPR: săg Rhymes: -æɡ Etymology: From late Middle English saggen, probably of North Germanic/Scandinavian/Old Norse origin, akin to Old Norse sokkva (“to sink”), from a denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“move slowly”)); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka. Compare also Dutch zakken and German sacken (from Low German). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|saggen}} Middle English saggen, {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{der|en|non|-}} Old Norse, {{cog|non|sokkva|t=to sink}} Old Norse sokkva (“to sink”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*sinkwaną|t=to sink}} Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”), {{cog|nn|sagga||move slowly}} Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“move slowly”), {{m|da|sakke}} sakke, {{cog|sv|sacka}} Swedish sacka, {{cog|is|sakka}} Icelandic sakka, {{cog|nl|zakken}} Dutch zakken, {{cog|de|sacken}} German sacken, {{cog|nds|-}} Low German Head templates: {{en-verb}} sag (third-person singular simple present sags, present participle sagging, simple past and past participle sagged)
  1. To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
    Sense id: en-sag-en-verb-MG3J-z4I
  2. (by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position. Tags: broadly Translations (to give way from a vertical position): провисвам (provisvam) (Bulgarian), painua (Finnish), kallistua (Finnish), einsinken (German), absinken (German), inclinarsi (Italian)
    Sense id: en-sag-en-verb-1s2iKzC7 Disambiguation of 'to give way from a vertical position': 1 53 2 1 41 1 1
  3. (figuratively) 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. Tags: figuratively Translations (to lose firmness): verslappen (Dutch), nalaten (Dutch), doorhangen (Dutch), kolapsi (Esperanto), taipua (Finnish), notkahtaa (Finnish), s’affaisser (French), ausleiern (German), deperire (Italian), estenuarsi (Italian), smorzarsi (Italian), cedere (Italian), ceder (Portuguese) Translations (to sink): хлътвам (hlǎtvam) (Bulgarian), doorzakken (Dutch), doorhangen (Dutch), scheefzakken (Dutch), fleksi (Esperanto), roikkua (english: cable, rope etc.) (Finnish), painua (english: surface) (Finnish), painua (english: rod, bar etc.) (Finnish), ployer (French), durchhängen (German), flettersi (Italian), cedere (Italian), wheoro (Maori), tāwharu (Maori), afundar (Portuguese), проседать (prosedatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), просесть (prosestʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ahondar (Spanish), sagga (Swedish), säcka (Swedish), sjunka (Swedish), провиса́ти (provysáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), прови́снути (provýsnuty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), просіда́ти (prosidáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), просі́сти (prosísty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), прогина́тися (prohynátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), прогну́тися (prohnútysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sag-en-verb-dgf9qMY8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 3 6 29 6 6 25 4 5 4 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 3 6 23 7 5 28 4 4 4 4 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 9 3 4 22 5 8 23 4 7 6 9 Disambiguation of 'to lose firmness': 1 6 80 2 7 1 3 Disambiguation of 'to sink': 33 1 65 0 0 0 0
  4. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily. Translations (to loiter in walking): мъкна се (mǎkna se) (Bulgarian), slenteren (Dutch), rondhangen (Dutch), treuzelen (Dutch), löntystää (Finnish), löntystellä (Finnish), schlendern (German), barcollare (Italian), слоняться (slonjatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-sag-en-verb-oM8iIGON Disambiguation of 'to loiter in walking': 3 3 1 85 3 1 2
  5. (transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause to bend): doen zakken (Dutch), plooien (Dutch), taivuttaa (Finnish), ჩაზნექა (čazneka) (Georgian), flettere (Italian)
    Sense id: en-sag-en-verb-k4ZBnc1G Disambiguation of 'to cause to bend': 1 3 7 1 86 1 2
  6. (informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist. Tags: informal Translations (to wear pants low): ჩახდა (čaxda) (Georgian), sægge (Norwegian Bokmål), sægga (Norwegian Nynorsk), ha häng (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sag-en-verb-hLduE2EK Disambiguation of 'to wear pants low': 4 8 5 3 7 60 13
  7. (informal, Canada) To pull down someone else's pants as a prank. Tags: Canada, informal
    Sense id: en-sag-en-verb-rxw6i2VY Categories (other): Canadian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sag bag, sagger, saggy, sag off, sag pond, sag wagon
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1890, Great Britain. High Court of Justice. Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division, The Law Reports. Probate Division in the Courts of Probate and Divorce: In the Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Courts, and in the Privy Council, from Michaelmas Sittings, 1875, to 1890 (volume 5)",
          "text": "The weather became more and more threatening; the ship sagged to the leeward more than she ought."
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          "_dis1": "1 53 2 1 41 1 1",
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          "_dis1": "1 53 2 1 41 1 1",
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          "_dis1": "33 1 65 0 0 0 0",
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          "_dis1": "33 1 65 0 0 0 0",
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          "word": "s’affaisser"
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          "_dis1": "1 6 80 2 7 1 3",
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          "word": "schlendern"
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          "word": "barcollare"
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "(het) zakken"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "state of sinking or bending",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "state of sinking or bending",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "cedimento"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "difference in elevation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "провисванв"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "difference in elevation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hoogteverschil"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "difference in elevation",
      "word": "roikkuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "difference in elevation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "flèche"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abbassamento"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "difference in elevation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "høydeforskjell"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "difference in elevation",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "obniżenie"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "difference in elevation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flecha"
    }
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    "Sag"
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}

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      "word": "sag bag"
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      "word": "sagger"
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      "word": "saggy"
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      "word": "sag off"
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          "text": "The door sags on its hinges.",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hlǎtvam",
      "sense": "to sink",
      "word": "хлътвам"
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      "word": "doorzakken"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "doorhangen"
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      "sense": "to sink",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "to sink",
      "word": "fleksi"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to sink",
      "word": "roikkua"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "english": "surface",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to sink",
      "word": "painua"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to sink",
      "word": "painua"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "ployer"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to sink",
      "word": "durchhängen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to sink",
      "word": "flettersi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to sink",
      "word": "cedere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to sink",
      "word": "wheoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to sink",
      "word": "tāwharu"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "afundar"
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      "word": "ahondar"
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      "word": "sagga"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to sink",
      "word": "säcka"
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      "sense": "to sink",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "provysáty",
      "sense": "to sink",
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      "sense": "to sink",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "to sink",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "kallistua"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give way from a vertical position",
      "word": "einsinken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give way from a vertical position",
      "word": "absinken"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to give way from a vertical position",
      "word": "inclinarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to lose firmness",
      "word": "verslappen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to lose firmness",
      "word": "nalaten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to lose firmness",
      "word": "doorhangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to lose firmness",
      "word": "kolapsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to lose firmness",
      "word": "taipua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to lose firmness",
      "word": "notkahtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to lose firmness",
      "word": "s’affaisser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lose firmness",
      "word": "ausleiern"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to lose firmness",
      "word": "deperire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to lose firmness",
      "word": "estenuarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to lose firmness",
      "word": "smorzarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to lose firmness",
      "word": "cedere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to lose firmness",
      "word": "ceder"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎkna se",
      "sense": "to loiter in walking",
      "word": "мъкна се"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to loiter in walking",
      "word": "slenteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to loiter in walking",
      "word": "rondhangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to loiter in walking",
      "word": "treuzelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to loiter in walking",
      "word": "löntystää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to loiter in walking",
      "word": "löntystellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to loiter in walking",
      "word": "schlendern"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to loiter in walking",
      "word": "barcollare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slonjatʹsja",
      "sense": "to loiter in walking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "слоняться"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cause to bend",
      "word": "doen zakken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cause to bend",
      "word": "plooien"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause to bend",
      "word": "taivuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "čazneka",
      "sense": "to cause to bend",
      "word": "ჩაზნექა"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause to bend",
      "word": "flettere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "čaxda",
      "sense": "to wear pants low",
      "word": "ჩახდა"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "note": "indossare pantaloni a vita bassa",
      "sense": "to wear pants low"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "note": "indossare pantaloni penzolanti",
      "sense": "to wear pants low"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to wear pants low",
      "word": "sægge"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to wear pants low",
      "word": "sægga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to wear pants low",
      "word": "ha häng"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Sag"
  ],
  "word": "sag"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English heteronyms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "sag (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "saag"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants, page 173",
          "text": "The dal tarka (£5) is made from whole yellow split peas, while sag aloo (£5) brings potatoes in a rich and oily spinach puree.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of saag"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "saag",
          "saag#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Sag"
  ],
  "word": "sag"
}

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