droop

droop  (drp)

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.

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

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droopi·ly, drooping·ly adv.

droopy 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

[from Old Norse drūpa; see drop]

drooping  adj

droopingly  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	droop - a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat" sag imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
Verb	1.	droop - droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness sag, swag, flag 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" loll dangle, swing, drop - hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
	3.	droop - become limp; "The flowers wilted"     wilt 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.

Translations

droop [druːp]

A. VI [head] → inclinarse; [shoulders] → encorvarse; [flower] → marchitarse
his spirits drooped → quedó abatido or desanimado

B. VT → inclinar, dejar caer (over por)

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droop [ˈdruːp] vi

[plant] → commencer à se faner

[eyelids, shoulders] → tomber

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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 droop → sein Mut begann zu schwinden or sinken; the heat made him droop → die Hitze machte ihn schlaff or matt

vt head → hängen lassen

n (lit, of body) → Gebeugtsein nt; (of eyelids) → Schwere f; I recognized her by the familiar droop of her shoulders → ich habe sie an ihren hängenden Schultern erkannt

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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

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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

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droop

v droop [druːp]

1 to (cause to) hang down The willows drooped over the pond. hang يَتَدَلّى свеждам sklánět se hænge ned herabhängen κρέμομαι, γέρνω inclinarse, caerse alla painutama, ripnema خم شدن roikkua (se) pencher לִהיוֹת תָּלוּי בְּרִפיוֹן लटकना objesiti se lekonyul merunduk drúpa, hanga niður piegarsi たれる 축 늘어지다 (nu)svirti, nusverti nokarāties; nokārt (galvu u.tml.) merunduk neerhangen henge slapt ned opadać pender a atârna склоняться skláňať sa viseti pognuti se hänga [] ห้อยต่ำ eğ(il)mek, sark(ıt)mak 下垂 никнути لٹکنا یا لٹکانا ngả xuống 下垂

2 (of a plant) to flop from lack of water a vase of drooping flowers. hang يَتَهَدَّل увяхвам vadnout hænge welken μαραίνομαι marchitarse longu vajuma پژمردن nuutua commencer à se faner שָׁחוּחַ मुर्झा कर झुक जाना uvenuti lehervad layu drúpandi appassire しおれる (꽃 등이) 시들다 (nu)svirti, nuvysti novīst layu slap worden holde på å visne, synke sammen więdnąć murchar a se ofili поникать zvädnúť, ovisnúť povesiti se klonuti sloka เหี่ยว sarkmak 枯萎 в'янути پانی کی کمی سے پودوں کا جھک جانا rũ xuống 枯萎