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# drooping

«drooping» in Mova's school dictionary: **Hanging or bending down, especially because of weakness…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (present participle of droop: droop, droops, drooped, drooping); adjective (drooping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Hanging or bending down, especially because of weakness, tiredness or lack of water, as in «drooping flowers». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drooping/#m1)

2) Becoming sad or losing energy, as in «drooping spirits». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drooping/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, drooping leaves are a sign a plant needs water or is too hot. In stories, «drooping eyelids», «a drooping moustache» and «drooping shoulders» paint a picture of tiredness, age or sadness. It is a common describing word in creative writing.

### examples

- The drooping roses needed water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drooping/#x1)
- She had drooping eyelids after the sleepover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drooping/#x2)
- The old dog walked with a drooping tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drooping/#x3)
- His drooping shoulders told us he had lost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drooping/#x4)
- The willow tree has long, drooping branches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drooping/#x5)
- The balloons were drooping by the end of the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drooping/#x6)
- He sat on the edge of his nest, his head drooping and his feathers all ruffled, looking the picture of misery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drooping/#x7)

### note

«Drooping» is the -ing form of «droop»; it keeps both o's. As an adjective it goes before a noun: «a drooping flower». See also «droopy» (informal).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «drooping» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drooping/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.