Hypertext Webster Gateway: "droop"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Droop \Droop\, n.
A drooping; as, a droop of the eye.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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