Meaning of DROOP
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | flag, loll, sag, sag, swag, wilt |
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| | See Also: | | bag, crumble, dangle, decay, delapidate, depression, drop, drop, drop down, impression, imprint, sink, slouch, slump, swing | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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