Meaning

5 senses
  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.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Your head is starting to droop.

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

    deDie Blumen im Garten ließen die Köpfe hängen.

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

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

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  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!

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to sink or hang downward; to sag:
to slowly become limp; to bend gradually:
to lose all enthusiasm or happiness:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to sink or hang downward; to sag:
to slowly become limp; to bend gradually:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drúpa (“to droop”), from Proto-Germa

Inherited from Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drúpa (“to droop”), from Proto-Germanic *drūpaną, *drupōną (“to hang down, drip, drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewb- (“to drip, drop”). Doublet of drip and drop.

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Forms

droops, drooping, drooped, drooped
Base formdroop · to droop
3rd person singulardroops
Present participledrooping
Past simpledrooped
Past participledrooped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydroop
he, she, itdroops

Past simpleLesson

all personsdrooped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave drooped
he, she, ithas drooped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill droop

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • hang loosely or laxly:loll
  • become limp:wilt
  • droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness:sagswagflag

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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