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droop (dro̵̅o̅p)

intransitive verb

  1. to sink down; hang or bend down
  2. to lose vitality or strength; become weakened; languish
  3. to become dejected or dispirited

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

transitive verb

to let sink or hang down

noun

an act or instance of drooping

droop Synonyms

droop

v.

sag, sink, hang down, languish; see hang 2, lean 1, weaken 1.

droop Usage Examples

Object

  • eyelid: He had a drooping left eyelid that covered half of the eye which rendered him a rather sinister appearance.
  • catkin: Flowers in drooping, pale yellow catkins to 6cm long on the bare twigs.
  • mustache: His face was clean, excepting his drooping blond mustache.
  • flower: Our native bluebell has a dainty, drooping, dark blue flower.
  • ear: In dogs with drooping ears frequent application may be advisable.
  • branch: The deer was standing square, its slender neck raised to nibble a drooping branch.

Preposition: on

side: I went into the bathroom to get some water and looked in the mirror and found my mouth drooping on the left side.

Adjective modifier

slight: It hasn't stopped a slight droop creeping in, so now I'm taking more extreme measures: say hello to Old Sparky.

Modifies a noun

nose: Before she reached the end of the runway she gave a demonstration of the droop nose and visor, showing off the various configurations.

Modifying Another Word

  • slightly: The spreading branches of the wild crab apple often have a slightly drooping habit.
  • now: My sunflowers are now drooping and I wish to take seeds from them.
  • n't: When killing and fighting get them down, they know their morale ca n't droop.
  • not: The weak heads are not weak, not drooping, not dropping.
  • long: A weeping form with long drooping branches is much grown in gardens.
  • then: As the sun climbs the upper tangent arc opens and then droops like a gull's wings.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • down: Eventually they also began to droop down, leaving gravity to dictate the time.
  • over: The thin narrow stems, no higher than 15 cm, droop over with the growth of clusters of pale yellow flowers.

Used with why or when

when: The single terminal flower is yellow inside - greenish-yellow outside - and it droops when In bud.

Preposition: of

eyelid: Human system overdose effects: Burning, prickling, tingling, itching of the skin, drooping of the eyelid, tremors, .. .

Noun used with modifier

eyelid: Patient trembles has aching muscles and heaviness especially of the head and eyes - even the eyelids droop.

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