Definition of Droop

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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
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(v. t.)
To let droop or sink.
  
(v. i.)
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.
  
(v. i.)
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.
  
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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]



JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Lleipraw = v. to droop, to flag
Meru = v. to droop; to drop
Australian Slang
alcohol-induced sexual impotence in men
WordNet 2.0

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
US Zip Codes
State: WEST VIRGINIA
City: DROOP
Droop Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Technical English by wpv
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
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
To droop means to hang down, to sag, particularly if limp.

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