drooped
past simple and past participle ofdroop
droop
verb[I]
uk/druːp/us/druːp/tobendorhangdownheavily:
Theflowerswere drooping in theheat.
I canseeyou'retiredbecauseyoureyelidshavestartedto droop.
Ifyourspirits(=feelingsofhappiness)droop, youstarttofeellesshappyandenergetic.
Hanging and suspending
- be dripping withsomethingidiom
- cascade
- dangle
- dangly
- drape
- drip
- droop
- droopy
- fall
- flow
- hang
- hung
- pendant
- pendent
- pendulous
- sag
- saggy
- string
- stringsomeoneup
- suspend
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Disappointing yourself and others
Examplesofdrooped
drooped
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
In most species, leaves or leafletsdroopedfirst, then rolled or folded.
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So did his hair, just grizzled with an iron-gray, which was all brushed off his forehead, and stood bolt upright, or slightlydroopedin kindred action with his heavy eyelids.
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On the other hand, spiritsdrooped, and in fact yielded nearly £500,000 less than in 1936.
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In 1876, a new model appeared with a rounded visor, as the squared visordroopedwhen wet and curled when drying.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It glides and soars with slightlydroopedor sometimes horizontal wings, carpals forward (wings are stretched out straight when gliding).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The entire trailing edge consists of flaps inboard, out to about span with ailerons outboard which alsodroopedwhen the flaps were deployed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The ears differ in each dog and there is no standard concerning the ears; they may be erect ordrooped.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They may also arch their body and hold their wings half open anddrooped.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.With the wingtipsdroopeddownwards, the compression lift shock wave would be further trapped under the wings.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His travelsdroopedinto the western architectural design vocabulary forms and world architectural influences.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For at once, with the warning word still scarce beyond his lips, suddenly the stately headdroopedaside, passive and defunct for ever.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Symptoms in individual birds include loss of appetite, decreased egg production, nasal discharge, increased thirst, diarrhea, ataxia, tremors and adrooped-wing appearance.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The slotted ailerons could bedroopedtogether to function as flaps.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His mustachedroopedgracefully beyond the corners of his mouth and then turned upward at the ends.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The ailerons were linked, meaning if the flaps were lowered the aileronsdroopeddown.
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- treasured
- treasure hunt
- treasure-hunt
- treasure hunter
- treasure hunter
- treasure map
- treasurer
- treasure trove
- treasure-trove
- Treasuries
- treasuring
- Treasury bill
- treasury-bill
- Treasury bond
- treasury-bond
- treasury department
- treasury management
- treasury-management
- Treasury note
- treasury-note
- treasury official
- Treasury stock
- treasury-stock
- treat
- treatable