sag, droop
(noun) a shape that sags; “there was a sag in the chair seat”
wilt, droop
(verb) become limp; “The flowers wilted”
sag, droop, swag, flag
(verb) droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
droop, loll
(verb) hang loosely or laxly; “His tongue lolled”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
droop (third-person singular simple present droops, present participle drooping, simple past and past participle drooped)
(intransitive) To hang downward; to sag.
(intransitive) To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
(intransitive) To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
(transitive) To allow to droop or sink.
To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.
droop (plural droops)
Something which is limp or sagging
A condition or posture of drooping
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Source: Wiktionary
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.
Definition: To let droop or sink. [R.] M. Arnold. Like to a withered vine That droops his sapless branches to the ground. Shak.
Droop, n.
Definition: A drooping; as, a droop of the eye.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
