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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
droop       [droop] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used without object)
1.to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
2.to fall into a state of physical weakness; flag; fail.
3.to lose spirit or courage.
4.to descend, as the sun; sink.
–verb (used with object)
5.to let sink or drop: an eagle drooping its wings.
–noun
6.a sagging, sinking, bending, or hanging down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME drupen, drowpen < ON drūpa; akin to drop]

droop·ing·ly, adverb

1. flag, languish. 2. weaken, decline, faint, wilt, wither, fade.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
droop       (drōōp)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
droop 
c.1300, from O.N. drupa "to drop," from P.Gmc. *drup-, from PIE *dhreub, related to O.E. dropian "to drop." Droopy "dejected, sad, gloomy" is attested from c.1225, from O.N. drupr "drooping spirits, faintness."

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droop

noun
1. a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat" [syn: sag

verb
1. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness [syn: sag
2. hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled" 
3. become limp; "The flowers wilted" [syn: wilt

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Droop, WV Zip code(s): 24946

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Droop

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Droop

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.

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Droop

Droop\, n. A drooping; as, a droop of the eye.

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droop

droop: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary

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