'Droop' definitions:
Definition of 'droop'
(from WordNet)
noun
A shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat" [syn: sag, droop]
verb
Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness [syn: sag, droop, swag, flag]
verb
Hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled" [syn: droop, loll]
verb
Become limp; "The flowers wilted" [syn: wilt, droop]
Definition of 'Droop'
From: GCIDE
- Droop \Droop\, v. t. To let droop or sink. [R.] --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- Like to a withered vine That droops his sapless branches to the ground. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Droop'
From: GCIDE
- Droop \Droop\, n. A drooping; as, a droop of the eye. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Droop'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he began very much to droop and languish. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped. [1913 Webster]
- I'll animate the soldier's drooping courage. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. "Then day drooped." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'droop'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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