to droop
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3.9
- verb
- /druːp/
- After a long day, his eyelids would often droop as he struggled to stay awake.
- drooping mouths
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Watch on YouTubeBut then it all starts to droop and sag.
- But then it all starts to droop and sag.
- And let it droop in front of you and blow above it.
- Your skin around the muscle, it kind of starts to like droop and it's frozen and it's weakening.
- So that unlocks things like squash, zucchini, tomatoes, Peppers, all that kind of stuff that might droop a little bit in a system like this.
- So you look at all older people, their their chin droops, their cheeks droop.
- But give our souls no rest if we let the truth concerning him droop.
Examples
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His mother's head had fallen back onto the pillow, and her eyelids drooped and fluttered.
Fiction book (1990) -
Eneas closed his eyes and his head drooped, his chin grazing his chest.
Fiction book (1991) -
But then it all starts to droop and sag.
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His head drooped over the side.
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My father was never so silent again; my mother drooped much more often, it seemed.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then his shoulders drooped forward, and he left the room with tears brimming in his eyes.
Fiction book (1992) -
The flowers she and Amanda had arranged now drooped, already brown and withering.
Fiction book (1990) -
The palm trees drooped and the flowers began to wilt in the blistering sun.
Fiction book (1991) -
Joe is seated on a bench, shaded by drooping leaves that sway rhythmically.
Fiction book (1990) -
Elliott Yekton spoke to him, kneeling; he addressed the drooping head in low tones.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
590
1.5
To bend or rest at an angle against something
84
1.0
To lean forward at the waist
58
4.0
To sit down or fall forward suddenly and heavily
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2.8
To bend downward because of weight or weak support
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4.6
To sit, stand, or walk with the shoulders and head bent forward in a lazy way
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3.2
To become limp and droop from heat, lack of water, or disease
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6.0
To hang loosely like a branch or a dog's tongue
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1.0
To hang down loosely from above
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3.7
To hang lower because of weight or loss of support
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9.3
To hang down in the middle because of weight
Antonyms
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Etymology
The word droop comes from an old word meaning 'to hang down' and is related to the common word drop, which means 'to fall'. So to droop is to bend or hang down slowly, as a tired person or a thirsty flower does.