droop

Meanings

Verb

• To hang downward; to sag.
• To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
• To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
• To allow to droop or sink.
• To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.

Noun

• Something which is limp or sagging.
• A condition or posture of drooping.
• A hinged portion of the leading edge of an aeroplane's wing, which swivels downward to increase lift during takeoff and landing.

Origin

• From Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drúpa, from Proto-Germanic *drūpaną, *drupōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewb-.