drooping
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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.
droop′i·ly, droop′ing·ly adv.
droop′y adj.
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Adj. | 1. | drooping - weak from exhaustion tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat" |
2. | drooping - hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) lax - lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "a lax rope"; "a limp handshake" | |
3. | drooping - having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers" biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms unerect - not upright in position or posture |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
drooping
adj
head, shoulders, breasts, feathers, leaves, tail → hängend; hand, branches → herunterhängend; moustache → nach unten hängend; flowers → welk; eyelids → herunterhängend; (with sleep) → schwer; roof → durchhängend
a drink to revive his drooping spirits → ein Schluck, um seine (geschwundenen) Lebensgeister wieder zu wecken
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