droop
Drooping; adroopDrooping; adroop.
» Your head is starting to droop.
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1 senses(archaic)Drooping; adroop.
Examples
10 sentencesYour head is starting to droop.
The heads of the flowers in the garden were drooping.
deDie Blumen im Garten ließen die Köpfe hängen. — Yorwba
The big green plant was starting to droop at the stem.
A montero cap and a black feather drooped over the wearer's brow.
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! — raggione
Origin
Inherited from Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drúpa (“to droop”), from Proto-GermaInherited 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
more droop, most droop| Comparative | more droop Lesson |
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| Superlative | most droop Lesson |
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Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form