What is the meaning of drooping?

verb

  • Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness.
  • Hang loosely or laxly.
    • usage: "His tongue lolled"
  • Become limp.
    • usage: "The flowers wilted"

adjective

  • Weak from exhaustion.
  • Hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness.
  • Having branches or flower heads that bend downward.
    • usage: "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"
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