Definition of droop

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

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Cernuous :: Cernuous (a.) Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; -- said of a bud, flower, fruit, or the capsule of a moss..
Flag :: Flag (v. t.) To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings..
Valance :: Valance (n.) The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
Drooping :: Drooping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Droo.
Spaniel :: Spaniel (n.) One of a breed of small dogs having long and thick hair and large drooping ears. The legs are usually strongly feathered, and the tail bushy. See Illust. under Clumber, and Cocker..
Droop :: Droop (v. i.) 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..
Drooped :: Drooped (imp. & p. p.) of Droo.
Ptosis :: Ptosis (n.) Drooping of the upper eyelid, produced by paralysis of its levator muscle..
Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped..
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..
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..
Hogging :: Hogging (n.) Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging.
Halesia :: Halesia (n.) A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels..
Languish :: Languish (v. i.) To cause to droop or pine.
Droop :: Droop (n.) A drooping; as, a droop of the eye..
Fuchsia :: Fuchsia (n.) A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double-flowered varieties are now common in cultivation..
Slouching :: Slouching (a.) Hanging down at the side; limp; drooping; without firmness or shapeliness; moving in an ungainly manner.
Pining :: Pining (a.) Languishing; drooping; wasting away, as with longing..
Piningly :: Piningly (adv.) In a pining manner; droopingly.
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