Droop Definition

dro͝op
drooped, drooping, droops
verb
drooped, drooping, droops
To sink down; hang or bend down.
Webster's New World
To bend or sag gradually.
Flowers drooping in the midday heat.
American Heritage
To lose vitality or strength; become weakened; languish.
Webster's New World
To let sink or hang down.
Webster's New World
To sag in dejection or exhaustion.
Drooped from lack of sleep.
American Heritage
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noun
droops
An act or instance of drooping.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Droop

  • Middle English droupen from Old Norse drūpa dhreu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drúpa.

    From Wiktionary

Droop Sentence Examples

  • She must have let her shoulders droop, or maybe it was her trembling body.

  • The less the pages droop, the better the binding.

  • 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.

  • The leaves resemble those of G. argenteum, but are of deeper green, and droop elegantly at the extremities.

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Words Starting With

DDRDRO

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POPOOP

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