droop: meaning and definitions

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What is droop?

What is droop?

  • To bend or hang downward: "His mouth drooped sadly, pulled down, no doubt, by the plump weight of his jowls” ( Gore Vidal).
  • To bend or sag gradually: flowers drooping in the midday heat.
  • To sag in dejection or exhaustion: drooped from lack of sleep.
  • To let bend or hang down: "He drooped his body over the rail” ( Norman Mailer).
  • The act or condition of drooping.

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