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Droop \Droop\ (dr[=oo]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drooped; p. pr.
& vb. n. Drooping.] [Icel. dr[=u]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.
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I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he
began very much to droop and languish. --Swift.
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2. To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like
causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as,
her spirits drooped.
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I'll animate the soldier's drooping courage.
--Addison.
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3. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. "Then
day drooped." --Tennyson.
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Droop \Droop\, v. t.
To let droop or sink. [R.] --M. Arnold.
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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
n 1: a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat"
[syn: sag, droop]
v 1: droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss
of tautness [syn: sag, droop, swag, flag]

2: hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled" [syn: droop,
loll]

3: become limp; "The flowers wilted" [syn: wilt, droop]
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Droop, WV
Zip code(s): 24946
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droop [druːp]
pendre; retomber

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droop

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droop
pendere

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droop [druːp]
pendere

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droop [druːp]
estar pendente, pender

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droop [druːp]
colgar

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droop [druːp]
hänga

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droop

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184 Moby Thesaurus words for "droop":
amble, bad, bag, become suicidal, blow, blue, break, break down,
burn out, cadence, cascade, cast down, catenary, cave, cave in,
collapse, come apart, come unstuck, conk out, couch, crack up,
crumble, daggle, dangle, decline, decurrence, dejected, demit,
depend, depress, depressed, desiccate, despair, despond,
deteriorate, diminish, disintegrate, dispirited, doleful, down,
downhearted, drabble, drag, draggle, drape, droopy, drop, dry up,
dwindle, fade, fade away, fail, faint, fall, fatigue, fizzle out,
flag, flap, flop, flop down, flounce, flow, flump, flump down,
founder, gait, gallop, gasp, get tired, give out, give way,
go down, go downhill, go soft, go to pieces, grow weary, hang,
hang down, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, hitch, hobble, jade,
jog, languish, lapse, let down, limp, lock step, loll, lollop, lop,
lose heart, lose strength, lower, lowering, lurch, mince,
mincing steps, nod, pace, paddle, pant, peak, peg out, pend,
peter out, piaffer, pine, play out, plop, plop down,
plumb the depths, plump, poop out, prance, puff, puff and blow,
rack, reach the depths, roll, run down, run out, sag, saunter,
scuttle, sear, set, settle, shrink, shrivel, shuffle, sidle,
single-foot, sink, sink down, sinkage, sling, slink, slither,
slouch, slowness, slump, slump down, stagger, stalk, step, stride,
stroll, strolling gait, strut, submerge, submergence, subside,
subsidence, succumb, suspend, swag, swagger, swing, tire, toddle,
totter, touch bottom, trail, tread, trollop, trot, velocity,
waddle, walk, waste, waste away, weaken, wear away, wear thin,
weary, weep, wheeze, wilt, wither, wither away, wizen, yield



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