droop

  • 21droop — 1 verb (I) 1 to hang or bend downwards: The plant needs some water it s starting to droop. 2 to become sad or weak: Our spirits drooped as we faced the long trip home. 2 noun (singular) 1 an act of drooping 2 brewer s/drinker s droop humorous a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22droop — UK [druːp] / US [drup] verb [intransitive] Word forms droop : present tense I/you/we/they droop he/she/it droops present participle drooping past tense drooped past participle drooped 1) to hang downwards The leaves were drooping in the heat. 2)… …

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  • 23droop — I. verb Etymology: Middle English drupen, from Old Norse drūpa; akin to Old English dropa drop Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. to hang or incline downward 2. to sink gradually 3. to become depressed or weakened ; languish …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 24droop — verb Droop is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑eyelid, ↑head, ↑lid, ↑mouth, ↑shoulder …

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  • 25droop — i. A downward curvature of the leading edge of an airfoil to provide increased camber. ii. A progressive decrease in RPM that occurs when a fuel control flyweight governor spring is extended and made weaker. It takes less fly weight force to come …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 26droop — I. v. a. Let droop, let sink or fall, let bend down. II. v. n. 1. Sink or hang down, drop, bend downward. 2. Wilt, wither, fade. 3. Languish, weaken, faint, sink, fail, decline, grow weak, be dispirited …

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  • 27droop — verb 1) the dog s tail is drooping Syn: hang (down), dangle, sag, flop; wilt, sink, slump, drop 2) his eyelids were drooping Syn: close, shut, fall 3) …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 28droop — [[t]drup[/t]] v. i. 1) to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from exhaustion or lack of support 2) to fall into a weakened or disspirited state; flag; fade 3) to descend; sink 4) to let sink or drop: an eagle drooping its wings[/ex] 5) a sagging,… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29droop — statizmas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. constant error behavior; constant error response; droop vok. Statik, f; Ungleichförmigkeitsgrad, m rus. статизм, m pranc. statisme, m …

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  • 30droop — v. & n. v. 1 intr. & tr. hang or allow to hang down; languish, decline, or sag, esp. from weariness. 2 intr. a (of the eyes) look downwards. b poet. (of the sun) sink. 3 intr. lose heart; be dejected; flag. n. 1 a drooping attitude. 2 a loss of… …

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