droop

«droop» in Mova's school dictionary: To hang or bend down because of being weak, tired or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (droop, droops, drooped, drooping); noun (a droop)

meaning for a pupil

1) To hang or bend down because of being weak, tired or without water, as in «The flowers drooped in the heat». tree →

2) To become sad or lose energy, as in «His spirits drooped». tree →

3) (noun) A downward bend or slope. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, a plant without water droops because its cells lose water and it cannot stay stiff (a wilting plant). In stories, drooping eyelids show tiredness, a drooping head shows sadness. In art, it describes shapes that sag.

examples

• The sunflowers drooped in the hot sun. tree →
• Water the plant before it droops. tree →
• My eyelids drooped during the long film. tree →
• The puppy's ears droop when it is sad. tree →
• His shoulders drooped when he heard the bad news. tree →
• The tent drooped after the rain. tree →
• He gave it water, but still it drooped. tree →

note

Regular verb. Close words: «wilt» (for plants), «sag», «flop». Do not confuse with «drop» (fall down) or «drool» (spit coming from the mouth).

In the corpora

• «The dog's tail drooped» is not just about a tail moving down: it shows the dog is sad or tired.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «droop» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.