Droop

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  • intransitive verb. To bend or hang downward.
  • intransitive verb. To bend or sag gradually.
  • intransitive verb. To sag in dejection or exhaustion.
  • intransitive verb. To let bend or hang down.
  • noun. The act or condition of drooping.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To sink or hang down; bend or hang downward, as from weakness or exhaustion.
  • To languish from grief or other cause; fall into a state of physical weakness.
  • To fail or sink; flag; decline; be dispirited: as, the courage droops; the spirits droop.
  • To tend gradually downward or toward a close.
  • To drip; be wet with water.
  • To let sink or hang_down: as, to droop the head.
  • noun. The act of drooping, or of bending or hanging down; a drooping position or state.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. 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.
  • intransitive verb. To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish.
  • intransitive verb. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.
  • noun. A drooping.
  • transitive verb. To let droop or sink.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To sink or hang downward; to sag.
  • verb. To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
  • verb. To lose all enthusiasm or happiness.
  • noun. something which is limp or sagging; a condition or posture of drooping
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. hang loosely or laxly
  • noun. a shape that sags
  • verb. become limp
  • verb. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
  • Word Usage
    "The phenomenon, called droop, has been a focus of Mr. Nakamura and other faculty members at University of California, Santa Barbara, including Soraa co-founders Steve DenBaars and James Speck ."
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    erect  
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    descend  languish  
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    Guadeloupe  Hoop  Loop  Shoop  coop  
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    amble  bad  bag  become suicidal  bend  
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