Droopy - English meaning

verb

Shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle.

Usage examples:

The wire has to be bent back tightly

noun

A curve in a road, river, path, or racing circuit.

Usage examples:

The van screeched round a bend

noun

A curved or angled part of something.

Usage examples:

Make a bend in the wire

adjective

Sharply curved or having an angle.

Usage examples:

A piece of bent wire

noun

Past and past participle of bend1.

noun

A stiff grass which is used for lawns and is a component of pasture and hay grasses.

Usage examples:

The grasses used may be native to the area or specially introduced species such as rye grass, fescu…

verb

Play (a stringed instrument or music) using a bow.

Usage examples:

The techniques by which the pieces were bowed

verb

Bend the head or upper part of the body as a sign of respect, greeting, or shame.

Usage examples:

He turned and bowed to his father

noun

A knot tied with two loops and two loose ends, used especially for tying shoelaces and decorative ribbons.

Usage examples:

A girl with long hair tied back in a bow

verb

Play (a stringed instrument or music) using a bow.

Usage examples:

The techniques by which the pieces were bowed

verb

Bend the head or upper part of the body as a sign of respect, greeting, or shame.

Usage examples:

He turned and bowed to his father

noun

A knot tied with two loops and two loose ends, used especially for tying shoelaces and decorative ribbons.

Usage examples:

A girl with long hair tied back in a bow

adjective

Hanging or swinging loosely.

Usage examples:

A pair of dangling earrings

verb

Hang or swing loosely.

Usage examples:

Saucepans dangled from a rail

verb

Present participle of dangle

Usage examples:

Loose electric wires were dangling from the wall., he dangled the puppet in front of the children.,…

verb

Arrange (cloth or clothing) loosely or casually on or round something.

Usage examples:

She draped a shawl around her shoulders

noun

Long curtains.

Usage examples:

Katherine pulled back the heavy velvet drapes

noun

The way in which a garment or fabric hangs.

Usage examples:

By fixing the band lower down you obtain a fuller drape in the fabric

verb

Bend or hang downwards limply.

Usage examples:

A long black cloak drooped from his shoulders

noun

An act or instance of drooping; a limp or weary attitude.

Usage examples:

The exhausted droop of her shoulders

adjective

Bending or hanging down heavily

Usage examples:

Drooping branches, bloodhounds have drooping eyes and floppy ears.

verb

Let or make (something) fall vertically.

Usage examples:

The fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette

noun

A small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface.

Usage examples:

The first drops of rain splashed on the ground

noun

An instance of falling or dropping.

Usage examples:

They left within five minutes of the drop of the curtain

adjective

Moving from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.

Usage examples:

She was injured by a falling tree

verb

Move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.

Usage examples:

Five inches of snow fell through the night

adjective

If something is falling, it is becoming lower in size, amount, or strength

Usage examples:

Falling birth/interest rates, falling standards

noun

The action of deliberately falling or stumbling in order to give the appearance of having been fouled by an opponent.

Usage examples:

The league introduced a system to penalize flopping

verb

Fall, move, or hang in a loose and ungainly way.

Usage examples:

His blond hair flopped over his eyes

Present participle of flop

noun

The practice of hanging condemned people as a form of capital punishment.

Usage examples:

Controversial cross-party issues such as abortion and hanging

adjective

Suspended in the air.

Usage examples:

Hanging palls of smoke

verb

Suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part dangling free.

Usage examples:

That's where people are supposed to hang their washing

adjective

Sinking or bulging downwards under weight or pressure or through lack of strength.

Usage examples:

Sagging shelves bearing rusty paint tins

verb

Sink, subside, or bulge downwards under weight or pressure or through lack of strength.

Usage examples:

She let her head sag lower and lower

adjective

Lower or less strong

Usage examples:

He said he cut taxes by $9 billion as mayor in an effort to revitalize the city's sagging economy.,…

verb

Go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged.

Usage examples:

He saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves

noun

A fixed basin with a water supply and outflow pipe.

Usage examples:

I stood at the kitchen sink

noun

A pool or marsh in which a river's water disappears by evaporation or percolation.

Usage examples:

Once again, however, rumours of caves higher on the hillside and far off river sinks abound.

verb

Sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply.

Usage examples:

She slumped against the cushions

noun

A sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something.

Usage examples:

A slump in profits

verb

Present participle of slump

Usage examples:

The value of property has slumped., car sales have slumped dramatically over the past year., she sl…

verb

Bend one's head or body forwards and downwards.

Usage examples:

He stooped down and reached towards the coin

adjective

Having head and shoulders habitually bent forwards.

Usage examples:

A thin, stooping figure

verb

Present participle of stoop

Usage examples:

The doorway was so low that we had to stoop to go through it., something fell out of her coat pocke…

verb

(of a plant, leaf, or flower) become limp through heat, loss of water, or disease; droop.

Usage examples:

At this time, chill treatment seedlings were severely wilted with extensive leaf rolling characteri…

noun

Any of a number of fungal or bacterial diseases of plants characterized by wilting of the foliage.

Usage examples:

These varieties are more resistant to aphids and wilt

verb

Present participle of wilt

Usage examples:

Cut flowers will soon wilt without water., after only an hour's hiking they were beginning to wilt …