adroop
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, enormous, lower, pink, soggy
VERB + ADROOP
rain
ADROOP + NOUN
eyebrows
ADV.
somewhat
Definitions
adj
Drooping.
Not seldom in this life, when, on the right side, fortune’s favourites sail close by us, we, though all adroop before, catch somewhat of the rushing breeze, and joyfully feel our bagging sails fill out.
His friend Lou looked dismal in the rain, hat brim adroop, eyebrows soggy,
Covered (with something that droops); having something drooping over it.
fair long rows of orchard trees, adroop with rosy fruit
a crushed stone walk between hedges adroop with riotously colored fruits
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3Not seldom in this life, when, on the right side, fortune’s favourites sail close by us, we, though all adroop before, catch somewhat of the rushing breeze, and joyfully feel our bagging sails fill ou
WiktionaryHis friend Lou looked dismal in the rain, hat brim adroop, eyebrows soggy,
Wiktionary2005, John Banville, The Sea, Leicester: W. F. Howes, Part 2, p. 187, For a second I had that image of myself again, hunched hugely on my chair, pink lower lip adroop and enormous hands lying helpless
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