Droop
verb
To hang or bend down in the middle, especially because of weight or weakness.
The flowers were drooping in the heat.
verb
To show that you are disappointed, sad or weak.
Her spirits drooped at the thought of returning to work.
noun
A position in which something hangs or bends down in the middle.
The dog’s tail was in a droop.
verb
To hang or bend down in the middle, especially because of weight or weakness.
The flowers were drooping in the heat.
verb
To show that you are disappointed, sad or weak.
Her spirits drooped at the thought of returning to work.
noun
A position in which something hangs or bends down in the middle.
The dog’s tail was in a droop.
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Appearance
Use 'droop' to describe objects affected by gravity or losing their stiffness.
After the rain, the heavy blossoms began to droop.
Pro Tip 2/3Indication of Neglect
'Droop' often implies lack of water or care when used about plants.
The houseplants will droop if you forget to water them.
Pro Tip 3/3Heat Effect
In hot conditions, 'droop' can describe how objects or people appear weakened.
They stood in the sweltering heat, flags drooping by their sides.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Appearance
Use 'droop' to describe objects affected by gravity or losing their stiffness.
After the rain, the heavy blossoms began to droop.
Pro Tip 2/3Indication of Neglect
'Droop' often implies lack of water or care when used about plants.
The houseplants will droop if you forget to water them.
Pro Tip 3/3Heat Effect
In hot conditions, 'droop' can describe how objects or people appear weakened.
They stood in the sweltering heat, flags drooping by their sides.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Appearance
Use 'droop' to describe objects affected by gravity or losing their stiffness.
After the rain, the heavy blossoms began to droop.
Pro Tip 2/3Indication of Neglect
'Droop' often implies lack of water or care when used about plants.
The houseplants will droop if you forget to water them.
Pro Tip 3/3Heat Effect
In hot conditions, 'droop' can describe how objects or people appear weakened.
They stood in the sweltering heat, flags drooping by their sides.
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Video examples
Jodi Picoult: Leaving...
their tails droop, they have a complete behavioral change. And what's really interesting is that they don't act this way around any other bones, it's just the bones of elephants. They have been known and very often return to the site where an elephant has died for years afterward, as if they are paying respects, like they are going to the grave site.
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Safari Live - Day 304 PIPE...
quite warm after Ali left her so I'm hoping that she eventually fell asleep it seemed like she was kind of never going to sleep she kind of kept drooping off and then all of a sudden would poppy but walking so I'm gonna try and see if we can find her Ali and set both said to me that she was
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Are there universal...
In fear, the upper white of the eyes are revealed as the eyebrows raise and the mouth stretches open, while surprise looks similar, but with rounded eyebrows and relaxed lips. Sadness is indicated by the inner corners of the eyebrows being drawn inwards and upwards, drooping eyes,
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A Camera, Two Kids and a...
are going to be drooping through the old city and up to the Dome of the rock and I couldn't get any permission except they said a military pilot could take me if I would fly no lower than six thousand feet well that's all the access I had so I just took a really big limbs
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Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
looking but he's eyes are drooping you know that way when you're so tired and you're trying to watch a movie at night and your eyes to swim in your head and you cannot keep them open that looks like what hassanis do No hi Devon welcome to survive yes this is life this
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
and our prayer lines as you can see heads are starting to go into that typical lion fashion where they start to droop a little bit so they kind of look through squinted glances and the ears get sort of tucked in a certain way and they look very unhappy with life so
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What causes headaches? -...
cause burning, stabbing bursts of pain behind one eye, leading to a red eye, constricted pupil, and drooping eyelid. What can be done about these conditions, which dramatically affect many people’s quality of life? Tension headaches and most secondary cases
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What happens during a...
A crooked mouth or facial drooping can indicate muscle weakness. 2. Ask them to raise their arms. If one drifts downward, that arm weakness is also a sign of a stroke. 3. Ask them to repeat a simple word or phrase. If their speech sounds slurred or strange,
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Barbara Natterson-Horowit...
An elderly female chimpanzee had woken up with a facial droop and the veterinarians were worried that she'd had a stroke. They asked if I'd come to the zoo and image the animal's heart
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Watch this if you're...
making easy prey for a passing bird— or not. The spider-tailed horned viper is perfectly camouflaged, almost invisible, except for its unique bulbous tail-tip with long drooping scales
Video examples
Jodi Picoult: Leaving...
their tails droop, they have a complete behavioral change. And what's really interesting is that they don't act this way around any other bones, it's just the bones of elephants. They have been known and very often return to the site where an elephant has died for years afterward, as if they are paying respects, like they are going to the grave site.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 304 PIPE...
quite warm after Ali left her so I'm hoping that she eventually fell asleep it seemed like she was kind of never going to sleep she kind of kept drooping off and then all of a sudden would poppy but walking so I'm gonna try and see if we can find her Ali and set both said to me that she was
Video examples
Are there universal...
In fear, the upper white of the eyes are revealed as the eyebrows raise and the mouth stretches open, while surprise looks similar, but with rounded eyebrows and relaxed lips. Sadness is indicated by the inner corners of the eyebrows being drawn inwards and upwards, drooping eyes,
Video examples
A Camera, Two Kids and a...
are going to be drooping through the old city and up to the Dome of the rock and I couldn't get any permission except they said a military pilot could take me if I would fly no lower than six thousand feet well that's all the access I had so I just took a really big limbs
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
looking but he's eyes are drooping you know that way when you're so tired and you're trying to watch a movie at night and your eyes to swim in your head and you cannot keep them open that looks like what hassanis do No hi Devon welcome to survive yes this is life this
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
and our prayer lines as you can see heads are starting to go into that typical lion fashion where they start to droop a little bit so they kind of look through squinted glances and the ears get sort of tucked in a certain way and they look very unhappy with life so
Video examples
What causes headaches? -...
cause burning, stabbing bursts of pain behind one eye, leading to a red eye, constricted pupil, and drooping eyelid. What can be done about these conditions, which dramatically affect many people’s quality of life? Tension headaches and most secondary cases
Video examples
What happens during a...
A crooked mouth or facial drooping can indicate muscle weakness. 2. Ask them to raise their arms. If one drifts downward, that arm weakness is also a sign of a stroke. 3. Ask them to repeat a simple word or phrase. If their speech sounds slurred or strange,
Video examples
Barbara Natterson-Horowit...
An elderly female chimpanzee had woken up with a facial droop and the veterinarians were worried that she'd had a stroke. They asked if I'd come to the zoo and image the animal's heart
Video examples
Watch this if you're...
making easy prey for a passing bird— or not. The spider-tailed horned viper is perfectly camouflaged, almost invisible, except for its unique bulbous tail-tip with long drooping scales
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Quote examples
LaVar Ball
American Businessman
She's the one. Just so smooth. She's not like other girls. She's tough, smart, pretty. I told my wife, 'I been with you so long, you can have one eye drooped and your mouth over here like this and you're still beautiful to me. I look at you the same way. That ain't gonna never change.
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Norman MacCaig
Scottish Poet
And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping.
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Rick Wakeman
British Musician
My eyes are green, and in one of them there is a splash of brown - apparently it is not a colour, but a freckle! Sometimes I notice that one eyelid droops more than the other.
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William Wordsworth
English Poet
When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude.
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Anastasia Soare
Romanian Businesswoman
Hair on the eyebrow droops because of aging, so a groomed eyebrow on a man opens the eye and makes him looks younger.
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Jacopo Sannazaro
Italian Poet
Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye.
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Sarah Fielding
British Author
The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.
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Eric Hoffer
American Writer
The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop.
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Burton Richter
American Scientist
Is the sky falling? No. It's maybe drooping a bit.
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Aisha Tyler
American Actress
I'm black, and black don't crack. It does droop.
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LaVar Ball
American Businessman
She's the one. Just so smooth. She's not like other girls. She's tough, smart, pretty. I told my wife, 'I been with you so long, you can have one eye drooped and your mouth over here like this and you're still beautiful to me. I look at you the same way. That ain't gonna never change.
Quote examples
Norman MacCaig
Scottish Poet
And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping.
Quote examples
Rick Wakeman
British Musician
My eyes are green, and in one of them there is a splash of brown - apparently it is not a colour, but a freckle! Sometimes I notice that one eyelid droops more than the other.
Quote examples
William Wordsworth
English Poet
When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude.
Quote examples
Anastasia Soare
Romanian Businesswoman
Hair on the eyebrow droops because of aging, so a groomed eyebrow on a man opens the eye and makes him looks younger.
Quote examples
Jacopo Sannazaro
Italian Poet
Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye.
Quote examples
Sarah Fielding
British Author
The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.
Quote examples
Eric Hoffer
American Writer
The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop.
Quote examples
Burton Richter
American Scientist
Is the sky falling? No. It's maybe drooping a bit.
Quote examples
Aisha Tyler
American Actress
I'm black, and black don't crack. It does droop.
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