Definition of droop

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Droop (v. i.) To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline..

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Flaccid :: Flaccid (a.) Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh..
Casuarina :: Casuarina (n.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color..
Hound :: Hound (n.) A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc..
Broken-backed :: Broken-backed (a.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship.
Slouch :: Slouch (v. i.) To droop, as the head..
Drooped :: Drooped (imp. & p. p.) of Droo.
Slouch :: Slouch (n.) A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim..
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame..
King Charles Spaniel :: King Charles spaniel () A variety of small pet dogs, having, drooping ears, a high, dome-shaped forehead, pug nose, large, prominent eyes, and long, wavy hair. The color is usually black and tan..
Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline..
Willowy :: Willowy (a.) Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.
Droop :: Droop (v. t.) To let droop or sink.
Slouching :: Slouching (a.) Hanging down at the side; limp; drooping; without firmness or shapeliness; moving in an ungainly manner.
Piningly :: Piningly (adv.) In a pining manner; droopingly.
Sag :: Sag (v. i.) To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
Wilt :: Wilt (v. i.) To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither..
Hogging :: Hogging (n.) Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging.
Sag :: Sag (v. i.) Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced..
Pine :: Pine (v. i.) To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away..
Chapfallen :: Chapfallen (a.) Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, -- an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See Chopfallen..
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