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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. weak from exhaustion;
[syn: drooping, flagging]

2. hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness);
[syn: drooping, droopy, sagging]

3. having branches or flower heads that bend downward;
- Example: "nodding daffodils"
- Example: "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"
- Example: "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"
[syn: cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping]


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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

drooping adj 1: weak from exhaustion [syn: drooping, flagging] 2: hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) [syn: drooping, droopy, sagging] 3: having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers" [syn: cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping]