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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a shape that sags;
- Example: "there was a sag in the chair seat"
[syn: sag, droop]


VERB (3)

1. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness;
[syn: sag, droop, swag, flag]

2. hang loosely or laxly;
- Example: "His tongue lolled"
[syn: droop, loll]

3. become limp;
- Example: "The flowers wilted"
[syn: wilt, droop]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Droop \Droop\ (dr[=oo]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Drooping.] [Icel. dr[=u]pa; akin to E. drop. See Drop.] 1. 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. "The purple flowers droop." "Above her drooped a lamp." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he began very much to droop and languish. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped. [1913 Webster] I'll animate the soldier's drooping courage. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. "Then day drooped." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Droop \Droop\, v. t. To let droop or sink. [R.] --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] Like to a withered vine That droops his sapless branches to the ground. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Droop \Droop\, n. A drooping; as, a droop of the eye. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

droop n 1: a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat" [syn: sag, droop] v 1: droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness [syn: sag, droop, swag, flag] 2: hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled" [syn: droop, loll] 3: become limp; "The flowers wilted" [syn: wilt, droop]