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droop [dru:p](head) pencher; (eyelids) s'abaisser; (body) s'affaisser; (shoulders) tomber; (flowers) commencer à baisser la tête ou à se faner;∎ her spirits drooped elle s'est démoralisée2 noun(of eyelids) abaissement m; (of head) attitude f penchée; (of body, shoulders) affaissement m; (of spirits) langueur f, abattement m;∎ he could tell from the droop of her shoulders/head il savait à ses épaules tombantes/à la façon dont elle penchait la tête
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Drooped — Droop Droop (dr[=oo]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drooping}.] [Icel. dr[=u]pa; akin to E. drop. See {Drop}.] 1. To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Droop — (dr[=oo]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drooping}.] [Icel. dr[=u]pa; akin to E. drop. See {Drop}.] 1. To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Drooping — Droop Droop (dr[=oo]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drooping}.] [Icel. dr[=u]pa; akin to E. drop. See {Drop}.] 1. To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Smith, Helene — (19th century) Swiss medium who underwent a spirit POSSESSION and was overtaken by the discarnate Count Cagliostro. Smith, whose real name was Catherine Elise Muller, never worked as a paid medium but gave séances to friends and admirers for… … Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology
droop — [dru:p] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: drúpa] 1.) [I and T] to hang or bend down, or to make something do this ▪ The plant needs some water it s starting to droop. ▪ His eyelids began to droop (=close, because he was sleepy) . ▪ Jessie… … Dictionary of contemporary English
