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DROOPING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drooping mean?
• DROOPING (adjective)
The adjective DROOPING has 3 senses:
1. weak from exhaustion
2. hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)
3. having branches or flower heads that bend downward
Familiarity information: DROOPING used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weak from exhaustion
Synonyms:
drooping; flagging
Similar:
tired (depleted of strength or energy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)
Synonyms:
Similar:
lax (lacking in firmness or tension; not taut)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having branches or flower heads that bend downward
Synonyms:
cernuous; drooping; nodding; pendulous; weeping
Context example:
lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers
Similar:
unerect (not upright in position or posture)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Context examples
It causes weakness in the arms and legs, vision problems, and drooping eyelids or head.
(Myasthenia Gravis, NCI Dictionary)
It has butterfly ears that are carried either erect or drooping.
(Papillon, NCI Thesaurus)
It has a broad head with large, slightly prominent eyes and drooping heart-shaped, long feathering ears.
(Pekingese, NCI Thesaurus)
This pig breed is red-colored with partially drooping ears and is one of the most aggressive breeds of swine.
(Duroc Pig, NCI Thesaurus)
In a little while, One Eye noticed that the quills were drooping and that a great quivering had set up.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
He stopped suddenly, looking at the poor drooping figure on the bed.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Injections in the face may also cause temporary drooping eyelids.
(Botox, NIH)
The carrier had a way of keeping his head down, like his horse, and of drooping sleepily forward as he drove, with one of his arms on each of his knees.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
There was a yellow and withered stump some way off, seen under the drooping branches of a lofty oak.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Not a word did she say, however, till her mother found her in tears one day, and insisted on knowing what the matter was, for Meg's drooping spirits had not escaped her observation.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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