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Noun sage has 3 senses
- sage - a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
--1 is a kind of mentor, wise man
--1 has particulars:
- sage - aromatic fresh or dried gray-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc
--2 is a kind of herb
--2 is a part of common sage, ramona, Salvia officinalis
--2 has particulars: clary sage
- sage, salvia - any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb
--3 is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
--3 is a member of genus Salvia
--3 has particulars: | | blue sage, Salvia azurea; clary sage, Salvia clarea; blue sage, mealy sage, Salvia farinacea; blue sage, Salvia reflexa, Salvia lancifolia; purple sage, chaparral sage, Salvia leucophylla; cancerweed, cancer weed, Salvia lyrata; common sage, ramona, Salvia officinalis; meadow clary, Salvia pratensis; clary, Salvia sclarea; pitcher sage, Salvia spathacea; Mexican mint, Salvia divinorum; wild sage, wild clary, vervain sage, Salvia verbenaca |
Verb sag has 2 senses
- sag, droop, swag, flag - droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
--1 is one way to sink, drop, drop down
Sample sentences:
The children sag in the rocking chair
There sag some children in the rocking chair
- sag, sag down - cause to sag; "The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably"
--2 is one way to sink, drop, drop down
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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