English-Thai Dictionary

droop

VI ห่อเหี่ยว  ท้อแท้  หมดกำลังใจ  fail languish hor-heal

 

droop

VT อ่อนแอ  เหนื่อยอ่อน  อ่อนแรง  เพลีย  sag swag drop on-are

 

droop down

PHRV ก้มลง ต่ำ  kom-long-tam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DROOP

v.i.[L., from the root of drop. ] 1. To sink or hang down; to lean downwards, as a body that is weak or languishing. Plants droop for want of moisture; the human body droops in old age or infirmity.
2. To languish from grief or other cause.
3. To fail or sink; to decline; as, the courage or the spirits droop.
4. To faint; to grow weak; to be dispirited; as, the soldiers droop from fatigue.

 

DROOPING

ppr. Sinking; hanging or leaning downward; declining; languishing; failing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DROOP

Droop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Drooping. ] Etym: [Icel. dr; akin to E. drop. See Drop. ]

 

1. To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc. , from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like. "The purple flowers droop. " "Above her drooped a lamp. " Tennyson. I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he began very much to droop and languish. Swift.

 

2. To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped. I'll animate the soldier's drooping courage. Addison.

 

3. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. "Then day drooped." Tennyson.

 

DROOP

DROOP Droop, v. t.

 

Defn: To let droop or sink. [R.] M. Arnold. Like to a withered vine That droops his sapless branches to the ground. Shak.

 

DROOP

DROOP Droop, n.

 

Defn: A drooping; as, a droop of the eye.

 

DROOPER

DROOPER Droop "er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, droops.

 

DROOPINGLY

DROOPINGLY Droop "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a drooping manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

droop

droop |dro͞op drup | ▶verb [ no obj. ] bend or hang downward limply: a long black cloak drooped from his shoulders. • sag down from or as if from weariness or dejection: his eyelids drooped and he became drowsy | figurative : the scenes are so lengthy that the reader's spirits droop. • [ with obj. ] cause to bend or hang downward: James hid his face in his hands and drooped his head. ▶noun [ in sing. ] an act or instance of drooping; a limp or weary attitude: the exhausted droop of her shoulders. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse drúpa ‘hang the head ’; related to drip and drop .

 

droop-snoot

droop-snoot ▶noun informal a downward-sloping nose of an aircraft or motor vehicle, esp. one that is of variable pitch, giving an efficient aerodynamic profile. DERIVATIVES droop-snoot ed adjective

 

droopy

droop y |ˈdro͞opē ˈdrupi | ▶adjective ( droopier, droopiest ) hanging down limply; drooping: a droopy mustache. • lacking strength or spirit: the girls looked rather droopy | figurative : a period of droopy sales. DERIVATIVES droop i ly |-pəlē |adverb, droop i ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

droop

droop |druːp | ▶verb [ no obj. ] bend or hang downwards limply: a long black cloak drooped from his shoulders. • sag down from or as if from weariness or dejection: his eyelids drooped and he became drowsy. • [ with obj. ] cause to bend or hang downwards: James hid his face in his hands and drooped his head. ▶noun [ in sing. ] an act or instance of drooping; a limp or weary attitude: the exhausted droop of her shoulders. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse drúpa ‘hang the head ’; related to drip and drop .

 

droop-snoot

droop-snoot ▶noun informal a downward-sloping nose of an aircraft or motor vehicle, especially one that is of variable pitch, giving an efficient aerodynamic profile. DERIVATIVES droop-snooted adjective

 

droopy

droopy |ˈdruːpi | ▶adjective ( droopier, droopiest ) hanging down limply; drooping: a droopy moustache. • lacking strength or spirit: she was a lovely girl in a rather droopy, Pre-Raphaelite way. DERIVATIVES droopily adverb, droopiness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

droop

droop verb 1 the dog's tail is drooping: hang (down ), dangle, sag, flop; wilt, sink, slump, drop. 2 his eyelids were drooping: close, shut, fall. 3 the news made her droop: be despondent, lose heart, give up hope, become dispirited, become dejected; flag, languish, wilt.

 

droopy

droopy adjective 1 the plant was looking droopy: hanging (down ), hanging limply, dangling, falling, dropping, draped; bent, bowed, stooping; drooping, sagging, flopping, wilting; Botany cernuous. 2 after he left she felt droopy: despondent, dejected, depressed, down, sad, unhappy, melancholy, miserable, gloomy, dispirited, downhearted, downcast, low, glum; informal down in the dumps. WORD TOOLKIT See sagging . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them. WORD NOTE cernuous Quite often writers find themselves in need of an adjective to describe the eloquent curve of such varied items as bent-over old men (and their beards ), bowed trees and bowing servants, an attack of impotence, wilting flowers, and so on. Too often drooping is resorted to here. Why not use instead this sonorous mid-17th -century word, chiefly botanical, but perfectly serviceable in all the cases listed above and more. Avoids the insistent comic overtones of droop, adding a touch of dignity to the scene. — ZS Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

droop

droop verb 1 the horse had his tail drooping: hang down, hang, dangle, bend, bow, stoop, sag, sink, slump, fall down, drop, flop, wilt, become limp, become flaccid, drape. ANTONYMS be upright. 2 Danny's eyelids were drooping: close, shut, fall. ANTONYMS open. 3 he had to break some news to her that made her droop still more: be despondent, lose heart, give up hope, become dispirited, become dejected, despond; flag, fade, languish, falter, weaken, wilt, go into a decline, waste away. ANTONYMS cheer. ▶noun the lustreless droop of her hair: drooping, sag, sagging, sinking, slump, slumping; bend, bow, bowing, stoop, stooping.

 

droopy

droopy adjective a droopy moustache: hanging down, drooping, hanging, dangling, falling, dropping, draped; bending, bent, bowed, bowing, stooping; sagging, sinking, slumping, flopping, wilting, becoming limp, becoming flaccid. ANTONYMS upright. WORD TOOLKIT droopy See sagging . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

droop

droop /druːp /動詞 ～s /-s /; ～ed /-t /; ～ing 自動詞 1 〈物などが 〉 (だらりと )たれる , 下向きになる ▸ The flowers drooped .花はしおれた ▸ His eyelids began to droop .彼のまぶたはたれ下がって [重くなって ]きた .2 〈人が 〉うなだれる, 気を落とす ; 〈気持ちが 〉弱くなる, 落ち込む ; 〈体が 〉ぐったりする; 〈植物が 〉しおれる .3 ｟詩 ｠〈太陽などが 〉沈む .他動詞 〈頭など 〉をたらす, 落とす , 〈目 顔 〉を伏せる .名詞 U (物などが )たれること, たれ下がり ; うつむき ; うなだれ, 意気消沈 ; けだるさ, 倦怠 （けんたい ）感 . br é wer's [dr í nker's ] dr ò op ｟おどけて ｠(男が )飲みすぎて勃起 （ぼっき ）しない状態 .～́ sn ò ot [n ò se ]｟くだけて ｠〘空 〙ドループスヌート 〘離着陸時に滑走路の視界を増すため下に向けた機首 〙.

 

droopy

droop y /drúːpi /形容詞 たれ下がった, しおれた ; 気の沈んだ .