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Meanings of droop in English

Portuguese
afundar
Catalan
corbar-se

Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness.

afundar
Portuguese
flambagem
Catalan
aclofament
Spanish
comba

A shape that sags.

flambagem
Portuguese
pender
Spanish
colgar

Hang loosely or laxly.

pender
Catalan
emmusteir-se

Become limp.

emmusteir-se
Synonyms
Examples for "loll"
Examples for "loll"
1
Few remained indoors, and few possessed the calmness to loll in deck-chairs.
West Wind Drift
2
Tawdrily dressed girls saunter along the sidewalks, or loll from the window-sills.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885
3
All afternoon I take it easy and loll around on the sofa.
The Elephant Vanishes
4
What should he loll in the bed for, and dirty the bedclothes?
Selected Polish Tales
5
The latter seemed to loll on, totally heedless of such a tributary.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume...
Usage of droop in English
1
The leaves droop on the trees and the heat almost smothers one.
Little Journey to Puerto Rico / For Intermediate and Upper Grade...
2
The ferns of the cedar woods almost droop against the sandy slope.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882
3
Through the gathering darkness Prince watched the figure of his companion droop.
A Man Four-Square
4
The winds are laid, and the restless leaves droop and are quiet.
To Have and to Hold
5
His eyelids started to droop, and this time he felt a pinch.
The soul catcher
6
See the slant of the forehead and the way the eyelids droop?
The Oracle Glass
7
She could feel her shoulders droop, but she kept her voice even.
Happiness key
8
When she turned into the field she seemed to droop a little.
The Prussian Officer
9
Madame nods, and her eyelids droop as if to prevent unwanted visions.
Russian Winter
10
Soon it began to droop anyway, the fists sliding up his cheeks.
The drawing of the three
11
I note with relief that already his eyes are beginning to droop.
A disobedient girl: a novel
12
And her firm, strong mouth had no engaging droop at the corners.
Winding Paths
13
But the tempter came, and from that time she began to droop.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 20, August 13, 1870
14
The luncheon hour was long past, and our spirits began to droop.
Alone
15
Sometimes the wings of his imagination would droop, his pen would halt.
The Dreamer: A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar All...
16
We must bend our shoulders and droop our heads a little first.
The Doctor's Daughter
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Translations for droop
Droop through the time
Droop across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common