droop

Meanings

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

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

1. Drooping; adroop.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drúpa (“to droop”), from Proto-Germanic *drūpaną, *drupōną (“to hang down, drip, drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewb- (“to drip, drop”). Doublet of drip and drop.