droop

Droop is defined as to hang down, bend down or to lose strength.

(verb)

An example of roop is to turn a smile into a frown with sadness.

The definition of a droop is an act of hanging down, bending down or losing power.

(noun)

An example of a droop is the act of a once first place team falling to ruin and losing the game.

See droop in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

Origin: ME droupen < ON drūpa: for IE base see drip

transitive verb

to let sink or hang down

noun

an act or instance of drooping

See droop in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb drooped, droop·ing, droops

verb, intransitive

To bend or hang downward: “His mouth drooped sadly, pulled down, no doubt, by the plump weight of his jowls” (Gore Vidal).
To bend or sag gradually: flowers drooping in the midday heat.
To sag in dejection or exhaustion: drooped from lack of sleep.

verb, transitive

To let bend or hang down: “He drooped his body over the rail” (Norman Mailer).

noun

The act or condition of drooping.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English droupen

Origin: , from Old Norse drūpa; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots

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