drooping
121slouching — slaÊŠtʃ n. relaxed stooping posture, bending forward of the shoulders and head; lazy person, clumsy person v. sit or stand with the head and shoulders drooping forward, walk with a relaxed drooping gait …
122slouchingly — adv. in slouching manner, with the head and shoulders drooping forward, with a relaxed drooping gait …
123slouch — verb 1》 stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way. 2》 dated bend one side of the brim of (a hat) downwards. noun 1》 a lazy, drooping posture or movement. 2》 [usu. with negative] informal an incompetent person: he was no slouch at making a buck …
124droop — verb 1) the dog s tail is drooping Syn: hang (down), dangle, sag, flop; wilt, sink, slump, drop 2) his eyelids were drooping Syn: close, shut, fall 3) …
125hanging — n 1. gibbeting, lynching, Inf. swinging. Inf. necktie party, execution. 2. suspension, pendency, pensility, pendulousness, drooping, dangling. 3.Often hangings drapery, curtain, tapestry, arras; pictures, paintings, artwork. See drapery. adj 4.… …
126droop — UK [druːp] / US [drup] verb [intransitive] Word forms droop : present tense I/you/we/they droop he/she/it droops present participle drooping past tense drooped past participle drooped 1) to hang downwards The leaves were drooping in the heat. 2)… …
127ptosis — pto•sis [[t]ˈtoʊ sɪs[/t]] n. pl. ses [[t] siz[/t]] pat prolapse or drooping of an organ or part, esp. a drooping of the upper eyelid • Etymology: 1735–45; < NL < Gk ptṓsis a falling pto•tic ˈtoʊ tɪk adj …
128wilt — I [[t]wɪlt[/t]] v. i. 1) ppa to become limp and drooping, as a fading flower or parched plant; wither 2) to lose strength, vigor, assurance, etc 3) to cause to wilt 4) the act of wilting or the state of being wilted 5) ppa Also called wilt′… …
