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.
- synonyms: flagging
- 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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