/ ˈdruː.pɪŋ / Add to word list bending or hanging down heavily: drooping branches

1. To bend or hang downward: "His mouth drooped sadly, pulled down, no doubt, by the plump weight of his jowls" (Gore Vidal). 2. To bend or sag gradually: flowers drooping in the midday heat. 3. To sag in …

The meaning of DROOP is to hang or incline downward. How to use droop in a sentence.

If something droops, it hangs or leans downwards with no strength or firmness. Crook's eyelids drooped. [VERB] Pale wilting roses drooped from a blue vase. [VERB preposition] ...a young man with a …

When something's sagging or hanging limply, it's drooping. It hasn't rained in over a week: it's probably time to water those drooping flowers!

Definition of droop verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [intransitive] to bend, hang or move downwards, especially because of being weak or tired. She was so tired, her eyelids were …

to (cause to) sag, sink, or hang down, such as from exhaustion: [no object] The flowers drooped in the heat. [~ + object] an eagle drooping its wings. to fall into a weakened or dispirited state;

DROOP definition: to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support. See examples of droop used in a sentence.

The flowers were drooping in the hot sun. Her eyelids drooped as she grew tired. The tree's branches drooped under the weight of the snow.

Factsheet What does the adjective drooping mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective drooping. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.