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DROOPING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having branches or flower heads that bend downward
Example:
lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers
Synonyms:
cernuous; drooping; nodding; pendulous; weeping
Classified under:
Similar:
unerect (not upright in position or posture)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
lax (lacking in firmness or tension; not taut)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Weak from exhaustion
Synonyms:
drooping; flagging
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
tired (depleted of strength or energy)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb droop
Context examples:
Helen's head, always drooping, sank a little lower as she finished this sentence.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Professor Summerlee, a long, melancholy figure, walks with dragging steps and drooping head, as one who is already profoundly sorry for himself.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was the last of the regiment's stay in Meryton, and all the young ladies in the neighbourhood were drooping apace.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
He looked her over in his searching fashion, and then composed himself, with his lids drooping and his finger-tips together, to listen to her story.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“I am so tired,” she said, with a quick intake of the breath and a sigh, drooping her head wearily.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
One was a woman, our client, drooping and faint, a handkerchief round her mouth.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Do you observe the way in which he looks round the room from under his drooping eyelids, as though it were a condescension that he should have entered it?
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Symptoms include double or blurred vision, drooping eyelids, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing, dry mouth, and muscle weakness.
(Botulism, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
The Bloodhound is a powerful, massive hound with a long muzzle, drooping ears, and loose, wrinkled skin.
(Bloodhound, NCI Thesaurus)
He walked past the couch to the open window, and held up the drooping stalk of a moss-rose, looking down at the dainty blend of crimson and green.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
