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Droop Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Droop? [n] a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat" [v] become limp; "The flowers wilted" [v] droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness [v] hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Droop: flag \| loll \| sag \| sag \| swag \| wilt Related Terms \| Find terms related to Droop: amble \| bad \| bag \| become suicidal \| blow \| blue \| break \| break down \| burn out \| cadence \| cascade \| cast down \| catenary \| cave \| cave in \| collapse \| come apart \| come unstuck \| conk out \| couch \| crack up \| crumble \| daggle \| dangle \| decline \| decurrence \| dejected \| demit \| depend \| depress \| depressed \| desiccate \| despair \| despond \| deteriorate \| diminish \| disintegrate \| dispirited \| doleful \| down \| downhearted \| drabble \| drag \| draggle \| drape \| droopy \| drop \| dry up \| dwindle \| fade \| fade away \| fail \| faint \| fall \| fatigue \| fizzle out \| flag \| flap \| flop \| flop down \| flounce \| flow \| flump \| flump down \| founder \| gait \| gallop \| gasp \| get tired \| give out \| give way \| go down \| go downhill \| go soft \| go to pieces \| grow weary \| hang \| hang down \| hit rock bottom \| hit the skids \| hitch \| hobble \| jade \| jog \| languish \| lapse \| let down \| limp \| lock step \| loll \| lollop \| lop \| lose heart \| lose strength \| lower \| lowering \| lurch \| mince \| mincing steps \| nod \| pace \| paddle \| pant \| peak \| peg out \| pend \| peter out \| piaffer \| pine \| play out \| plop \| plop down \| plumb the depths \| plump \| poop out \| prance \| puff \| puff and blow \| rack \| reach the depths \| roll \| run down \| run out \| sag \| saunter \| scuttle \| sear \| set \| settle \| shrink \| shrivel \| shuffle \| sidle \| single-foot \| sink \| sink down \| sinkage \| sling \| slink \| slither \| slouch \| slowness \| slump \| slump down \| stagger \| stalk \| step \| stride \| stroll \| strolling gait \| strut \| submerge \| submergence \| subside \| subsidence \| succumb \| suspend \| swag \| swagger \| swing \| tire \| toddle \| totter \| touch bottom \| trail \| tread \| trollop \| trot \| velocity \| waddle \| walk \| waste \| waste away \| weaken \| wear away \| wear thin \| weary \| weep \| wheeze \| wilt \| wither \| wither away \| wizen \| yield See Also \| bag \| crumble \| dangle \| decay \| delapidate \| depression \| drop \| drop \| drop down \| impression \| imprint \| sink \| slouch \| slump \| swing Droop In Webster's Dictionary \Droop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drooping}.] [Icel. dr?pa; akin to E. drop. See {Drop}.] 1. To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like. ``The purple flowers droop.'' ``Above her drooped a lamp.'' --Tennyson. I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he began very much to droop and languish. --Swift. 2. To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped. I'll animate the soldier's drooping courage. --Addison. 3. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. ``Then day drooped.'' --Tennyson. \Droop\, v. t. To let droop or sink. [R.] --M. Arnold. Like to a withered vine That droops his sapless branches to the ground. --Shak. \Droop\, n. A drooping; as, a droop of the eye.

Droop Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Droop?

[n] a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat"
[v] become limp; "The flowers wilted"
[v] droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
[v] hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled"

Droop In Webster's Dictionary

\Droop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drooped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Drooping}.] [Icel. dr?pa; akin to E. drop. See {Drop}.]
1. To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an
   animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or
   exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like. ``The purple
   flowers droop.'' ``Above her drooped a lamp.'' --Tennyson.

         I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he
         began very much to droop and languish. --Swift.

2. To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like
   causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as,
   her spirits drooped.

         I'll animate the soldier's drooping courage.
                                               --Addison.

3. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. ``Then
   day drooped.'' --Tennyson.


\Droop\, v. t.
To let droop or sink. [R.] --M. Arnold.

      Like to a withered vine That droops his sapless
      branches to the ground.                  --Shak.


\Droop\, n.
A drooping; as, a droop of the eye.

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