droop
verb /druːp/
/druːp/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they droop | /druːp/ /druːp/ |
| he / she / it droops | /druːps/ /druːps/ |
| past simple drooped | /druːpt/ /druːpt/ |
| past participle drooped | /druːpt/ /druːpt/ |
| -ing form drooping | /ˈdruːpɪŋ/ /ˈdruːpɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to bend, hang or move downwards, especially because of being weak or tired
- the drooping branches of the apple tree
- She was so tired, her eyelids were beginning to droop.
- The plants were drooping from lack of water.
- [intransitive] to become sad or depressed
- Our spirits drooped when we heard the news.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse drúpa ‘hang the head’; related to drip and drop.