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droop

 
 
pronunciation:
drup
part of speech: verb
inflections: droops, drooping, drooped
definition: When something droops, it doesn't stand up, or it doesn't stay up as it did before. It hangs down.
The plant's leaves are drooping because the plant needs water.The child's eyelids drooped, and in a moment he was asleep.
 
similar words:
bend, hang down, sink