droop

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. To hang downward; to sag.
2. To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
3. To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
4. 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.

sinonimi

wither

sag

languish

fade

hang down

wilt

hang

faint

flag

lower

shrivel

stoop

slouch

swag

loll

dangle

dry out

lop

weaken

deteriorate

pull down

collapse

sink

dip

drop

slug

feel depressed

bend down

pine

despond

decline

fail

weep

fall

waste

feel sad

rounding of the shoulders

be down-hearted

be low-spirited

be discouraged

bow

🙇

be melancholy

be sad

bend

descend

slope

slump

subside

suspend

swing

take down

trail

trench

turn down

turn on

wane

weak

weigh down

withdraw

wizen

wrinkle

be depressed

be lame

dope off

drift off

hinge upon

lose courage

lose flesh

oceanic abyss

pendency

preshoot

depression

be crestfallen

hang down loosely

consume away

tabefy

descensus

abase

become closed

bag

beetle

🪲

bob

curl

decay

deep

deflect

depend

depend on

depend upon

despair

devolve on

die

💀

die back

dwindle

emaciate

fall off

flap

fret

get a lift

give out

grieve

hand down

hang out

hinge on

imprint

incline

indenture

lament

lapse

leech onto

loiter

low

lowering

mope

nutate

plunge

ptosis

reduce

ride

shrink

sinking

slack

slant

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈdɹuːp/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: droupen

In summary

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.