MEANING
Bend or hang downward through weakness, weight, or lack of support.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- leaves droop
- shoulders droop
On the page
The leaves drooped in the afternoon heat.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- droop
- Past tense
- drooped
- Past participle
- drooped
- Present participle
- drooping
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- droop
- Present continuous
- am/is/are drooping
- Present perfect
- have/has drooped
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been drooping
- Past
- drooped
- Past continuous
- was/were drooping
- Past perfect
- had drooped
- Past perfect continuous
- had been drooping
- Future
- will droop
- Future continuous
- will be drooping
- Future perfect
- will have drooped
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been drooping
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: droop; droops; drooped; drooped; drooping Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: droops.
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