sag, sink; wilt, drop, fall; let sink or drop
hanging down, sagging, sinking
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Droop Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To let droop or sink.
To let droop or sink.
(v. i.)
To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.
To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.
(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.
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.
(v. i.)
To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped.
To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped.
(n.)
A drooping; as, a droop of the eye.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA drooping; as, a droop of the eye.
droop
\droop\, v. t. to let droop or sink. [r.] arnold. like to a withered vine that droops his sapless branches to the ground.
droop
\droop\, n. a drooping; as, a droop of the eye.
droop
\droop\ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. drooped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. drooping.] [icel. dr&?;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." i saw him ten days before he died, and observed he began very much to droop and languish.
2. to grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped. i'll animate the soldier's drooping courage.
3. to proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. "then day drooped."
droop
n : a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat" [syn: sag]
v
1. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness [syn: sag, swag, flag]
2. hang loosely or laxly; "his tongue lolled" [syn: loll]
3. become limp; "the flowers wilted" [syn: wilt]
Lleipraw = v. to droop, to flag
Meru = v. to droop; to drop
Noun
1. a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat"
(synonym) sag
(hypernym) depression, impression, imprint
(derivation) wilt
Verb
1. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
(synonym) sag, swag, flag
(hypernym) sink, drop, drop down
(hyponym) slump, slouch
(derivation) sag
2. hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled"
(synonym) loll
(hypernym) dangle, swing, drop
(derivation) sag
3. become limp; "The flowers wilted"
(synonym) wilt
(hypernym) decay, crumble, delapidate
(derivation) sag
Droop Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Droop Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
A common occurrence in time-proportional controllers. It refers to the difference in temperature between the set point and where the system temperature actually stabilizes due to the time-proportioning action of the controller.
Droop Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
To droop means to hang down, to sag, particularly if limp.
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