Drōop, v. i.

v. i. [imp. & p. p. DROOPED (drōopt); p. pr. & vb. n. DROOPING.] [Icel. drūpa, drūpi, to lower the head, metaphorically to sorrow, allied to drop, q. v.] 1. To sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, &c., from physical inability or exhaustion, or want of nourishment, or the like. “The purple flowers droop.” Tennyson. Drooped as a wild-born falcon with clopt wings. Byron. 2. To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish. Ill animate the soldier’s drooping courage. Addison. 3. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. “Then day drooped.” Tennyson.