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I am really rather like a beautiful Jersey cow, I have the same pathetic droop to the corners of my eyes.
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Meaning of "droop" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DROOP

From Old Norse drūpa.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DROOP

droop  [druːp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DROOP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Droop is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb droop in English.

WHAT DOES DROOP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of droop in the English dictionary

The first definition of droop in the dictionary is to sag or allow to sag, as from weakness or exhaustion; hang down; sink. Other definition of droop is to be overcome by weariness; languish; flag. Droop is also to lose courage; become dejected.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DROOP

PRESENT

Present
I droop
you droop
he/she/it droops
we droop
you droop
they droop
Present continuous
I am drooping
you are drooping
he/she/it is drooping
we are drooping
you are drooping
they are drooping
Present perfect
I have drooped
you have drooped
he/she/it has drooped
we have drooped
you have drooped
they have drooped
Present perfect continuous
I have been drooping
you have been drooping
he/she/it has been drooping
we have been drooping
you have been drooping
they have been drooping
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I drooped
you drooped
he/she/it drooped
we drooped
you drooped
they drooped
Past continuous
I was drooping
you were drooping
he/she/it was drooping
we were drooping
you were drooping
they were drooping
Past perfect
I had drooped
you had drooped
he/she/it had drooped
we had drooped
you had drooped
they had drooped
Past perfect continuous
I had been drooping
you had been drooping
he/she/it had been drooping
we had been drooping
you had been drooping
they had been drooping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will droop
you will droop
he/she/it will droop
we will droop
you will droop
they will droop
Future continuous
I will be drooping
you will be drooping
he/she/it will be drooping
we will be drooping
you will be drooping
they will be drooping
Future perfect
I will have drooped
you will have drooped
he/she/it will have drooped
we will have drooped
you will have drooped
they will have drooped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been drooping
you will have been drooping
he/she/it will have been drooping
we will have been drooping
you will have been drooping
they will have been drooping
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would droop
you would droop
he/she/it would droop
we would droop
you would droop
they would droop
Conditional continuous
I would be drooping
you would be drooping
he/she/it would be drooping
we would be drooping
you would be drooping
they would be drooping
Conditional perfect
I would have droop
you would have droop
he/she/it would have droop
we would have droop
you would have droop
they would have droop
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been drooping
you would have been drooping
he/she/it would have been drooping
we would have been drooping
you would have been drooping
they would have been drooping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you droop
we let´s droop
you droop
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to droop
Past participle
drooped
Present Participle
drooping
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DROOP


coop
kuːp
coupe
kuːp
croup
kruːp
group
ɡruːp
Guadeloupe
ˌɡwɑːdəˈluːp
hoop
huːp
loop
luːp
loupe
luːp
newsgroup
ˈnjuːzˌɡruːp
playgroup
ˈpleɪˌɡruːp
poop
puːp
regroup
riːˈɡruːp
scoop
skuːp
snoop
snuːp
soup
suːp
subgroup
ˈsʌbˌɡruːp
supergroup
ˈsuːpəˌɡruːp
troop
truːp
troupe
truːp
workgroup
ˈwɜːkˌɡruːp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DROOP

dronishly
dronishness
dronklap
dronkverdriet
drony
droob
drook
drookit
drool
drooly
droopily
droopiness
drooping
droopingly
droopy
drop
drop a brick
drop a stitch
drop an f-bomb
drop astern

WORDS THAT END LIKE DROOP

air scoop
belt loop
bloop
brewer´s droop
fly the coop
gloop
goop
ground loop
Hula Hoop
intertroop
nincompoop
outroop
paratroop
scroop
sloop
stoop
swoop
whoop
Woop Woop
yoop

Synonyms and antonyms of droop in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DROOP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «droop» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of droop
bend · dangle · decline · diminish · drop · fade · fall down · flag · languish · sag · sink · slump · wilt · wither

Translation of «droop» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DROOP

Find out the translation of droop to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of droop from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «droop» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

下垂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dejar caer
570 millions of speakers

English

droop
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सूखना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تدلى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спад
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pender
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আনতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

se fermer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merosot
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

erschlaffen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

うなだれる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

축 처지다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngganggu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

uể oải
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முகப்புத் தாழ்வுடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ढेकूळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sarkma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chiudersi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

omdleć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спад
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ofili
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κρέμασμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

moedeloos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sloka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

droop
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of droop

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DROOP»

The term «droop» is regularly used and occupies the 56.004 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DROOP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «droop» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «droop» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about droop

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «DROOP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word droop.
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Deborah Kerr
I am really rather like a beautiful Jersey cow, I have the same pathetic droop to the corners of my eyes.
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Sylvester Stallone
I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DROOP»

Discover the use of droop in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to droop and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Archaeological Excavation
A guide to archaeological excavation, first published in 1915 by J. P. Droop (1882-1962).
J. P. Droop, 2010
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Combined Heating, Cooling, and Power Handbook
Figure 13-9 illustrates the workings of a droop governor. The unit has a feedback mechanism that reduces the tension in the speed reference spring (and decreases the speed setting) when the servo moves in the increase direction.
Neil Petchers, 2003
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Report of Brigadier General Echols of the battle of Droop ...
Major : I have the honor to make the following report of the battle of Droop Mountain, fought on the 6th instant, in Pocahontas county, between the troops under my command and those under the command of Brigadier General Averill, of the ...
Confederate States of America, Army, John Echols, Dept. of Southwestern Virginia, Confederate States of America Collection (Library of Congress
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Instrument Engineers' Handbook,(Volume 2) Third Edition: ...
The offset in regulated pressure with changing flow is called droop. It can be expressed as follows: Ap= kxp2 + Ad(p, - pi) 5.6(2) where q = throughput and the other factors are from Equation 5.6(1) Equation 5.6(2) shows droop to be a function ...
Bela G. Liptak, 1995
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Concept and Controllability of Virtual Power Plant
Speed droop The definition of droop is the amount of frequency change that is necessary to cause the main prime mover control mechanism to move from fully closed to fully open. A governor tuned with speed droop will open the control valve ...
Eko Adhi Setiawan, 2007
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Vought F-8u Crusader Pilot's Flight Operating Manual
TWD- POSITION WING- C-DH TROLS Nome'rtt'iature Cruise droop switch { thronle grip} Leading edge droop indicator {{1, figure 1—3) “Wing downloclt handle i6 figure I—iIi Wing incidence release switch ll] figure l—tii Wing incidence handle ...
United States Navy, 2007
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Operator's Manual for 85' Aerial Ladder Fire Fighting Truck, ...
Loosen the droop adjusting screw (Fig. 18). Move the droop bracket so that the screw is midway between the ends of the slot in the bracket. Tighten the screw. 5. With the throttle in the run position, adjust the engine speed until the engine is ...
8
Helicopter Test and Evaluation
Ω There is no static droop since the pilot valve always returns to the same null position. At equilibrium the rotor speed always balances the same spring force irrespective of the metering valve position. Ω There will be some transient droop ...
Alastair Cooke, Eric Fitzpatrick, 2009
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Dido and Aeneas: Vocal Score (English Language Edition) (Score)
Снопов.— «WITH DEOOPJNG WINGS/ Andante »tmpre PP With droop - - ing wings, ye Cu-pids come, with droop ing wings, with With droop - ingwiijgs, With droop - ing wings, ye Cu-pids come, itmjyre pp .^ with droop fflrfr Andante.
Purcell, Henry
10
Electronic Methods
In a linear amplifier the undershoot at the end of a rectangular pulse is equal to the droop. For small total droop, the amount of droop contributed by each portion of a circuit is independent of the other parts. The total droop will be nearly the ...
Ernst Bleuler, Robert Ozias Haxby, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DROOP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term droop is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Magical Outdoor Patio Lights
The lights naturally droop, I didn't think 8 feet in height was enough) Step 3: Dig a two foot deep hole for each pole and bury the PVC conduit ... «Good4Utah, Jul 15»
2
Edmonton to get Canada's first “stroke” ambulance
“The stroke screen is activated (when) the patient has certain features, like the droop of the face, drift of arm, slurring of speech,” Jeerakathil ... «Edmonton Journal, Jul 15»
3
Tulare's VIP Pizza about good food, fun times
Hold a slice and notice that it doesn't droop in your hand from a soggy crust. Gloria buys high end products to avoid greasy flavor and texture. «Visalia Times-Delta, Jul 15»
4
A device deploys, a life is saved: New strategy to treat stroke goes …
But Larry noticed a slight droop in the left side of her face and dialed 911. "My wife had a minor stroke," he told the operator. The stroke was ... «Tampabay.com, Jul 15»
5
London: Bright lights, big city
... in dainty pink skirt suits flutter around, matching the roses in the lobby that are replaced as often as possible lest the flowers begin to droop. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
6
Protect your lawn and garden from the rain; here are some tips
On the down side, all that dampness also made petunias droop, delayed tomatoes from ripening and infected roses with fungal diseases. «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
7
Focus on what's really important in life!
Looking in the mirror one day last week I noticed a slight droop in my upper right-hand lip. I also noticed that when I talked my mouth just wasn't ... «ChicagoNow, Jul 15»
8
Rain's intensity, frequency floods farmers with problems
... they are unable to properly collect the oxygen in the ground, creating an affect called “water wilt” in which plants start to droop and turn brown ... «The Herald, Jul 15»
9
Switching Regulator suits wearables and other mobile devices.
... the applications processor can cause the Vin to droop below the LDO regulation voltage, causing a memory reset or application shutdown. «ThomasNet News, Jul 15»
10
New virus 'causing alarming PARALYSIS in children is linked to polio'
Then, her shoulders began to droop and she started having trouble using her right hand. She was diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis in ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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