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    droop
    /druːp/

    verb

    • 1. bend or hang downwards limply: "a long black cloak drooped from his shoulders" Similar hang downhangdanglebendOpposite be upright

    noun

    • 1. an act or instance of drooping; a limp or weary attitude: "the exhausted droop of her shoulders"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDROOP | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    DROOP definition: 1. to bend or hang down heavily: 2. If your spirits (= feelings of happiness) droop, you start to…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › droopDroop Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of DROOP is to hang or incline downward. How to use droop in a sentence. to hang or incline downward; to sink gradually; to become depressed or weakened : languish…

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › droopDROOP Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Droop definition: to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.. See examples of DROOP used in a sentence.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryDROOP | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    to bend or hang down heavily: The flowers were drooping in the heat. I can see you're tired because your eyelids have started to droop. If your spirits (= feelings of happiness) droop, you start to feel less happy and energetic. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Hanging and suspending. be dripping with something idiom. cascade.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › droopDroop - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    To droop is to limply or loosely hang downward. Have you ever seen the long, floppy ears of a basset hound hanging down? Those ears are drooping.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › droopDroop - definition of droop by The Free Dictionary

    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.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDROOP definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    verb. If something droops, it hangs or leans downwards with no strength or firmness. Crook's eyelids drooped. [VERB] Pale wilting roses drooped from a blue vase. [VERB preposition] ...a young man with a drooping moustache. [VERB -ing] Synonyms: sag, drop, hang (down), sink More Synonyms of droop. Droop is also a noun.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishdroop verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    [intransitive] to bend, hang or move downwards, especially because of being weak or tired. the drooping branches of the apple tree. She was so tired, her eyelids were beginning to droop. The plants were drooping from lack of water. Want to learn more?

  10. www.yourdictionary.com › droopDroop Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Some flowers in the head stand up and some slightly droop. You're missing the shifty eyes of the bluffer, the physical droop of someone's shoulders when they get a hand that isn't going to work out, and all those other little tell-tale characteristics you used to look for.

  11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishDROOP | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    DROOP definition: to hang down, often because of being weak, tired, or unhappy: . Learn more.