pluck vs sag

pluck

noun
  • An instance of plucking or pulling sharply. 

  • Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence. 

  • The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals. 

  • Cheap wine. 

verb
  • To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation. 

  • To pull something sharply; to pull something out 

  • To pull or twitch sharply. 

  • To remove feathers from a bird. 

  • To play a string instrument pizzicato. 

  • To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc. 

  • Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing. 

sag

noun
  • The state of sinking or bending; a droop. 

  • 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. 

  • The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points. 

verb
  • To cause to bend or give way; to load. 

  • To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist. 

  • To pull down someone else's pants. 

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

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

  • 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. 

  • To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position. 

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