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# droop

verb (droop, droops, drooped, drooping); noun (a droop)

«droop» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To hang or bend down because of being weak, tired or without water, as in «The flowers drooped in the heat». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droop/#m1)
2. To become sad or lose energy, as in «His spirits drooped». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droop/#m2)
3. (noun) A downward bend or slope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droop/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science, a plant without water droops because its cells lose water and it cannot stay stiff (a wilting plant). In stories, drooping eyelids show tiredness, a drooping head shows sadness. In art, it describes shapes that sag.

### Examples

- The sunflowers drooped in the hot sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droop/#x1)
- Water the plant before it droops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droop/#x2)
- My eyelids drooped during the long film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droop/#x3)
- The puppy's ears droop when it is sad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droop/#x4)
- His shoulders drooped when he heard the bad news. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droop/#x5)
- The tent drooped after the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droop/#x6)
- He gave it water, but still it drooped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droop/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb. Close words: «wilt» (for plants), «sag», «flop». Do not confuse with «drop» (fall down) or «drool» (spit coming from the mouth).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «droop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droop/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«droop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/droop.html) on Mova free.