droop

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To hang downward; to sag.
2. (intransitive) To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
3. (intransitive) To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
4. (transitive) To allow to droop or sink.
5. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.

Noun

1. Something which is limp or sagging.
2. A condition or posture of drooping.
3. A hinged portion of the leading edge of an aeroplane's wing, which swivels downward to increase lift during takeoff and landing.

Adj

Drooping; adroop.

Conceptos

colgar

aflojar

bajar

pender

inclinación

hundirse

marchitarse

combadura

abatirse

caer

comba

🪢

declinar

Sinónimos

wither

sag

languish

fade

hang down

wilt

hang

faint

flag

lower

stoop

shrivel

dangle

swag

loll

slouch

dry out

drop

dip

deteriorate

slug

pull down

weaken

lop

collapse

sink

feel depressed

rounding of the shoulders

bow

🙇

fail

decline

be down-hearted

waste

feel sad

be low-spirited

weep

bend down

be discouraged

despond

be melancholy

bend

pine

descend

fall

be sad

depend

emaciate

dwindle

deflect

deep

Traducciones

pendre

retomber

pendere

pender

pendere

erschlaffen

hangen

pencher

nachlassen

hängen

ermatten

afflosciare

intristire

penjar

tomber

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈdɹuːp/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: droupen

In summary

Inherited from Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drúpa (“to droop”), from Proto-Germanic *drūpaną, *drupōną (“to hang down, drip, drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewb- (“to drip, drop”). Doublet of drip and drop.