About The Word Droop
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Droop
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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. |
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