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droop

 (dro͞op)
v. drooped, droop·ing, droops
v.intr.
1. To bend or hang downward: "His mouth drooped sadly, pulled down, no doubt, by the plump weight of his jowls" (Gore Vidal).
2. To bend or sag gradually: flowers drooping in the midday heat.
3. To sag in dejection or exhaustion: drooped from lack of sleep.
v.tr.
To let bend or hang down: "He drooped his body over the rail" (Norman Mailer).
n.
The act or condition of drooping.

[Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drūpa; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

droop′i·ly, droop′ing·ly adv.
droop′y adj.
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droop

(druːp)
vb
1. to sag or allow to sag, as from weakness or exhaustion; hang down; sink
2. (intr) to be overcome by weariness; languish; flag
3. (intr) to lose courage; become dejected
n
the act or state of drooping
[C13: from Old Norse drūpa; see drop]
ˈdrooping adj
ˈdroopingly adv
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droop

(drup)

v.i.
1. to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from exhaustion or lack of support.
2. to fall into a weakened or disspirited state; flag; fade.
3. to descend; sink.
v.t.
4. to let sink or drop: an eagle drooping its wings.
n.
5. a sagging, sinking, bending, or hanging down, as from exhaustion.
[1300–50; Middle English drupen,drowpen < Old Norse drūpa; akin to drop]
droop′ing•ly, adv.
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droop


Past participle: drooped
Gerund: drooping

Imperative
droop
droop
Present
I droop
you droop
he/she/it droops
we droop
you droop
they droop
Preterite
I drooped
you drooped
he/she/it drooped
we drooped
you drooped
they drooped
Present Continuous
I am drooping
you are drooping
he/she/it is drooping
we are drooping
you are drooping
they are drooping
Present Perfect
I have drooped
you have drooped
he/she/it has drooped
we have drooped
you have drooped
they have drooped
Past Continuous
I was drooping
you were drooping
he/she/it was drooping
we were drooping
you were drooping
they were drooping
Past Perfect
I had drooped
you had drooped
he/she/it had drooped
we had drooped
you had drooped
they had drooped
Future
I will droop
you will droop
he/she/it will droop
we will droop
you will droop
they will droop
Future Perfect
I will have drooped
you will have drooped
he/she/it will have drooped
we will have drooped
you will have drooped
they will have drooped
Future Continuous
I will be drooping
you will be drooping
he/she/it will be drooping
we will be drooping
you will be drooping
they will be drooping
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been drooping
you have been drooping
he/she/it has been drooping
we have been drooping
you have been drooping
they have been drooping
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been drooping
you will have been drooping
he/she/it will have been drooping
we will have been drooping
you will have been drooping
they will have been drooping
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been drooping
you had been drooping
he/she/it had been drooping
we had been drooping
you had been drooping
they had been drooping
Conditional
I would droop
you would droop
he/she/it would droop
we would droop
you would droop
they would droop
Past Conditional
I would have drooped
you would have drooped
he/she/it would have drooped
we would have drooped
you would have drooped
they would have drooped
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.droop - a shape that sagsdroop - a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat"
imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
Verb1.droop - droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
drop down, sink, drop - fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"
slouch, slump - assume a drooping posture or carriage
bag - hang loosely, like an empty bag
2.droop - hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled"
dangle, swing, drop - hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
3.droop - become limpdroop - become limp; "The flowers wilted"  
decay, dilapidate, crumble - fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"
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droop

verb
1. sag, drop, hang (down), sink, bend, dangle, fall down a young man with a drooping moustache
2. flag, decline, fade, slump, diminish, wither, wilt, languish Support for him is beginning to droop amongst voters.
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droop

verb
1. To hang limply, loosely, and carelessly:
2. To become limp, as from loss of freshness:
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Translations
يَتَدَلّىيَتَهَدَّل
sklánět sevadnout
hængehænge ned
lehervadlekonyul
drúpa, hanga niîurdrúpandi
nusvertinusvirtinuvystisvirti
nokarātiesnokārtnovīst
skláňať sa
eğ meksark maksarkmak

droop

[druːp]
A. VI [head] → inclinarse; [shoulders] → encorvarse; [flower] → marchitarse
his spirits droopedquedó abatido or desanimado
B. VTinclinar, dejar caer (over por)
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droop

[ˈdruːp] vi
[plant] → commencer à se faner
[eyelids, shoulders] → tomber
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

droop

vi
(lit, person) → vornübergebeugt stehen, krumm stehen, sich schlecht halten; (shoulders)hängen; (head)herunterfallen; (eyelids)herunterhängen; (with sleepiness) → zufallen; (flowers)die Köpfe hängen lassen; (feathers, one’s hand, breasts)schlaff herunterhängen; (rope, roof etc)durchhängen
(fig, one’s interest, energy) → erlahmen; (audience etc)erschlaffen, schlaff werden; his spirits were beginning to droopsein Mut begann zu schwinden or sinken; the heat made him droopdie Hitze machte ihn schlaff or matt
vt headhängen lassen
n (lit, of body) → Gebeugtsein nt; (of eyelids)Schwere f; I recognized her by the familiar droop of her shouldersich habe sie an ihren hängenden Schultern erkannt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

droop

[druːp] vi (head) → chinarsi; (with sleep) → cadere; (shoulders) → piegarsi; (flower, plant) → afflosciarsi; (person) → abbattersi
she was drooping with tiredness → cascava di stanchezza
his spirits drooped → si è molto abbattuto, si è avvilito
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

droop

(druːp) verb
1. to (cause to) hang down. The willows drooped over the pond.
2. (of a plant) to flop from lack of water. a vase of drooping flowers.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

droop

vi (eyelids, etc.) caerse (los párpados, etc.)
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References in classic literature ?
The lids drooped and yet bravely did not droop as she returned his gaze.
I raise my head, -- The splendid moon I see: Then droop my head, And sink to dreams of thee -- My Fatherland, of thee!
The homely hangings of the beds and windows had begun to droop; the dust lay thick upon their dwindling folds; and damps had made their way through ceiling, wall, and floor.
Bar, with his little insinuating jury droop, and fingering his persuasive double eye-glass, hoped he might be excused if he mentioned to one of the greatest converters of the root of all evil into the root of all good, who had for a long time reflected a shining lustre on the annals even of our commercial country--if he mentioned, disinterestedly, and as, what we lawyers called in our pedantic way, amicus curiae, a fact that had come by accident within his knowledge.
From the head, set upward on a thick neck, the eyes, with puffy lower lids, stared with a haughty droop on each side of a hooked aggressive nose, nobly salient in the vast pale circumference of the face.
It is already late," said he, and nodding his head he let it droop and again closed his eye.
Upon the end of his long, stringy neck his little head was cocked to one side, his close-set eyes were half closed, his ears, so expressive was his whole attitude of stealthy eavesdropping, seemed truly to be cocked forward--even his long, yellow, straggly moustache appeared to assume a sly droop.
It was a lily of the valley, whose tall stem formed the mast, while the broad leaves that rose from the roots, and drooped again till they reached the water, were filled with gay little Elves, who danced to the music of the silver lily-bells above, that rang a merry peal, and filled the air with their fragrant breath.
The Lady of Twynham had drooped and pined for weary months, so that her face was harsher and less comely than before, yet she still hoped on, for her lord had come through so many dangers that she could scarce believe that he might be stricken down at last.
Monsieur the Marquis cast his eyes over the submissive faces that drooped before him, as the like of himself had drooped before Monseigneur of the Court--only the difference was, that these faces drooped merely to suffer and not to propitiate--when a grizzled mender of the roads joined the group.
For David says 'Oh, bother!' and even at times hits out, but Porthos droops his tail and lets them have their say.
The heavy eyelashes drooped softly on the pure cheek; the head was turned a little to one side, as if in natural steep, but there was diffused over every lineament of the face that high celestial expression, that mingling of rapture and repose, which showed it was no earthly or temporary sleep, but the long, sacred rest which "He giveth to his beloved."