Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To bend or hang downward.
- intransitive verb To bend or sag gradually.
- intransitive verb To sag in dejection or exhaustion.
- intransitive verb To let bend or hang down.
- noun The act or condition of drooping.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of drooping, or of bending or hanging down; a drooping position or state.
- To sink or hang down; bend or hang downward, as from weakness or exhaustion.
- To languish from grief or other cause; fall into a state of physical weakness.
- To fail or sink; flag; decline; be dispirited: as, the courage droops; the spirits droop.
- To tend gradually downward or toward a close.
- To drip; be wet with water.
- To let sink or hang_down: as, to
droop the head.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A drooping.
- transitive verb rare To let droop or sink.
- intransitive verb 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.
- intransitive verb To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish.
- intransitive verb To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To sink or hang downward; to
sag . - verb intransitive To slowly become
limp ; tobend gradually. - verb intransitive To lose all
enthusiasm orhappiness . - noun something which is
limp orsagging ; a condition orposture of drooping
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb hang loosely or laxly
- noun a shape that sags
- verb become limp
- verb droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The phenomenon, called droop, has been a focus of Mr. Nakamura and other faculty members at University of California, Santa Barbara, including Soraa co-founders Steve DenBaars and James Speck .
The Quest for Cheaper, Better Lights Don Clark 2012
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Eventually, though, the leaves will begin to droop, which is a sure sign it needs water.
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It seems that wife, Maureen was keen to try something a little different to avoid the traditional, emotional disappointment inflicted upon her spirit by the annual Xmas tree 'droop' in the Roberts household.
No drooping at the Roberts' this Xmas Glyn Davies 2007
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It seems that wife, Maureen was keen to try something a little different to avoid the traditional, emotional disappointment inflicted upon her spirit by the annual Xmas tree 'droop' in the Roberts household.
Archive 2007-12-01 Glyn Davies 2007
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The precision ( "droop") of this unit is less than 1%, hence considerably better than the mechanical unit.
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There was no superfluous flesh about him; he was tall and muscular, with well - knit limbs, broad shoulders, and a head altogether lacking in the humble or conciliatory 'droop' which all worldly-wise parsons cultivate for the benefit of their rich patrons.
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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There was no superfluous flesh about him; he was tall and muscular, with well - knit limbs, broad shoulders, and a head altogether lacking in the humble or conciliatory 'droop' which all worldly-wise parsons cultivate for the benefit of their rich patrons.
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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There was no superfluous flesh about him; he was tall and muscular, with well - knit limbs, broad shoulders, and a head altogether lacking in the humble or conciliatory 'droop' which all worldly-wise parsons cultivate for the benefit of their rich patrons.
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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They kissed in the hallway, and while she was being shown around the house, Miss Benjamin's eyes began to "droop" and her mouth began to froth before she collapsed.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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LF: Can you find a more gelatinous one and kind of droop it over his hand between his thumb and forefinger?
The Kool Aid Report 2009
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