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Definition of 'Drooped'

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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. [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]

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