droop

1. (intransitive)To hang downward; to sag.

   durchhängen, herabhängen, herunterhängen

   свиса́тьsvisátʹ

   hang loosely or laxly

2. (intransitive)To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.

   nachgeben, erschlaffen, ermatten

   склонятьсяsklonjatʹsja, поникнутьponiknutʹ

   become limp

3. (intransitive)To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.

   па́дать духомpádatʹ duxom, уныватьunyvatʹ

4. (transitive)To allow to droop or sink.

   1892, Arthur Christopher Benson, “Knapweed” in Le Cahier Jaune: Poems, Eton: privately printed, p. 62, Down in the mire he droops his head; Forgotten, not forgiven.

   droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

5. (figuratively, intransitive)To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.

1. Your head is starting to droop.

   CC BY · Tatoeba · AlanF_US · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

2. The heads of the flowers in the garden were drooping.

   deDie Blumen im Garten ließen die Köpfe hängen.

   CC BY · Tatoeba · sundown · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

3. The big green plant was starting to droop at the stem.

   CC BY · Tatoeba · Just_Balls · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

4. A montero cap and a black feather drooped over the wearer's brow.

   CC BY · Tatoeba · Hybrid · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

5. Don't give the tulips too much water, otherwise their heads will droop.

   deGib den Tulpen nicht zu viel Wasser, sonst lassen sie die Köpfe hängen!

   CC BY · Tatoeba · sundown · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

regular · Lesson