droop

n. குனிவு, கீழ்நோக்கிய சாய்வு, தளர்வு, ஊக்கக்கேடு, குரல் கம்மிய நிலை, தொனியிறக்கம், (வினை) குனி, வாடி வளை, தொங்கு, சாய்வுறு, தொங்கவிடு, கீழ்நோக்கிப் பார், கதிரவன் வகையில் அடிவானில் ஆழ், சோர்வடை, ஊக்கமிழ, நலிவுறு.

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