Droop

Droop Droop (dr[=oo]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drooping}.] [Icel. dr[=u]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. [1913 Webster]

I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he began very much to droop and languish. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

2. To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped. [1913 Webster]

I'll animate the soldier's drooping courage. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

3. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. ``Then day drooped.'' --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

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Synonyms:

Let droop, let sink or fall, let bend down / Sink or hang down, drop, bend downward / Wilt, wither, fade / Languish, weaken, faint, sink, fail, decline, grow weak, be dispirited

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droop — [druːp] verb [intransitive] if prices, sales etc droop, they start to fall: • In Tokyo, share prices drooped during the Emperor s illness. * * * Ⅰ. droop UK US /druːp/ verb [I] FINANCE ► if prices, values, sales, etc. droop they gradually go down … Financial and business terms
droop — vb Droop, wilt, flag, sag are comparable when they mean to sink or to lose in vigor, firmness, or freshness. Droop stresses a hanging or bending downward (as through exhaustion, discouragement, or lack of nourishment) {some of the watchers were… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
droop — [dru:p] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: drúpa] 1.) [I and T] to hang or bend down, or to make something do this ▪ The plant needs some water it s starting to droop. ▪ His eyelids began to droop (=close, because he was sleepy) . ▪ Jessie… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Droop — Droop, v. t. To let droop or sink. [R.] M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] Like to a withered vine That droops his sapless branches to the ground. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Droop — Droop, n. A drooping; as, a droop of the eye. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
droop — droop; droop·ing·ly; droop·ing·ness; … English syllables
droop|y — «DROO pee», adjective, droop|i|er, droop|i|est. 1. hanging down; drooping: »a droopy hat. 2 … Useful english dictionary
Droop — (Drop), s.v.w. Schwingkran … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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