droop+bend+down
1droop — [dru:p] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: drúpa] 1.) [I and T] to hang or bend down, or to make something do this ▪ The plant needs some water it s starting to droop. ▪ His eyelids began to droop (=close, because he was sleepy) . ▪ Jessie… …
2droop — [dro͞op] vi. [ME droupen < ON drūpa: for IE base see DRIP] 1. to sink down; hang or bend down 2. to lose vitality or strength; become weakened; languish 3. to become dejected or dispirited vt. to let sink or hang down n. an act or instance of… …
3droop — 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 …
4droop — [v] hang down; languish bend, dangle, decline, depress, diminish, drop, fade, fail, faint, fall down, flag, lean, let down, loll, lop, sag, settle, sink, sling, slouch, slump, subside, suspend, weaken, wilt, wither; concepts 181,699 Ant. inflate …
5droop — ► VERB 1) bend or hang downwards limply. 2) sag down from weariness or dejection. ► NOUN ▪ an act or instance of drooping. ORIGIN Old Norse, hang the head ; related to DRIP(Cf. ↑drip) and DROP(Cf. ↑ …
6bend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. curve, turn. v. i. give, yield; curve. v. t. control; shape. See softness, authority, curvature, obliquity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. crook, bow, arch; see curve 1 . v. 1. [To force out of a straight… …
7droop — [[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,… …
8droop — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. bend, loll, slouch, sag; sink, languish, decline, waste; wilt. See dejection, disease, weakness, pendency. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. sag, sink, hang down, languish; see hang 2 , lean 1 , weaken 1 . III …
9droop — droopingly, adv. /droohp/, v.i. 1. to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support. 2. to fall into a state of physical weakness; flag; fail. 3. to lose spirit or courage. 4. to descend, as the sun; sink. v.t. 5 …
10droop — verb bend or hang downwards limply. ↘sag down from weariness or dejection. noun an act or instance of drooping. Derivatives droopily adverb droopiness noun droopy adjective (droopier, droopiest). Origin ME: from ON drúpa hang the head ; related… …
