"drooping" meaning in All languages combined

See drooping on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈdɹuːpɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-drooping.ogg [US] Forms: more drooping [comparative], most drooping [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːpɪŋ Etymology: Etymology tree English droop English -ing English drooping From droop + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|droop|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English droop English -ing English drooping From droop + -ing. Head templates: {{en-adj}} drooping (comparative more drooping, superlative most drooping)
  1. That droops or droop. Derived forms: droopingly, droopingness, drooping saxifrage, undrooping
    Sense id: en-drooping-en-adj-Mos52K1w Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 65 16 19 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 62 19 19 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 58 19 24 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 58 19 24 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 17 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 57 20 24 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 71 15 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 8 7 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 70 13 17

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɹuːpɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-drooping.ogg [US] Forms: droopings [plural]
Rhymes: -uːpɪŋ Etymology: Etymology tree English droop English -ing English drooping From droop + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|droop|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English droop English -ing English drooping From droop + -ing. Head templates: {{en-noun}} drooping (plural droopings)
  1. An instance of something drooping.
    Sense id: en-drooping-en-noun-w5qv6VQ0

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈdɹuːpɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-drooping.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -uːpɪŋ Etymology: Etymology tree English droop English -ing English drooping From droop + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|droop|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English droop English -ing English drooping From droop + -ing. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} drooping
  1. present participle and gerund of droop Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: droop
    Sense id: en-drooping-en-verb-R~zTpdQF

Inflected forms

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