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droop [druːp] VB intr

droop breast
droop flowers
droop fig mood, spirits

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English
The females deposit their eggs singly or as small clutches on plants that droop over freshwater lakes or slow-moving rivers.
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Others, called "slack track", allow the track to droop and run along the tops of large road wheels.
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The old leaves tend to wither and droop without falling off.
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The flowers droop on the head as they age.
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The ancient pieces tended to droop at the muzzle if fired too quickly, often blew out their vents, or shook their old carriages to pieces.
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For at once, with the warning word still scarce beyond his lips, suddenly the stately head drooped aside, passive and defunct for ever.
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He had suffered an injury to his left eye as a child resulting in a permanent droop of his left eyelid.
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It has a smooth trunk and ascending branches while the minor branchlets often droop.
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There is a slight droop to the eyelids, whose eyes were once painted white with brown pupils.
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Its dark green leaves droop to create a textured look, and it serves well as a screen.
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