Droop \Droop\ (dr[=oo]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Drooping.]

[Icel. dr[=u]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." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he began very much to droop and languish. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

2. To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped. [1913 Webster]

I'll animate the soldier's drooping courage. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

3. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. "Then day drooped." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Droop \Droop\, v. t. To let droop or sink. [R.]

--M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]

Like to a withered vine That droops his sapless branches to the ground. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Droop \Droop\, n. A drooping; as, a droop of the eye. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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droop

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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.'' --Tennyson.

I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he began very much to droop and languish. --Swift.

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. --Addison.

3. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. ``Then day drooped.'' --Tennyson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Droop \Droop\, v. t. To let droop or sink. [R.]

--M. Arnold.

Like to a withered vine That droops his sapless branches to the ground. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Droop \Droop\, n. A drooping; as, a droop of the eye.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)