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droop
English
Etymology
From Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drúpa (“to droop”), from Proto-Germanic *dr?pan?, *drup?n? (“to hang down, drip, drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?rewb- (“to drip, drop”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: dr?p, IPA(key): /?d?u?p/
- Rhymes: -u?p
- Homophone: drupe
Verb
droop (third-person singular simple present droops, present participle drooping, simple past and past participle drooped)
- (intransitive) To hang downward; to sag.
- 1866, John Keegan Casey, “Maire My Girl” in A Wreath of Shamrocks, Dublin: Robert S. McGee, p. 20,[1]
- On the brown harvest tree
- Droops the red cherry.
- a. 1992, quote attributed to Sylvester Stallone
- I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works.
- 1866, John Keegan Casey, “Maire My Girl” in A Wreath of Shamrocks, Dublin: Robert S. McGee, p. 20,[1]
- (intransitive) To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act III, Scene 2,[2]
- Good things of day begin to droop and drowse;
- While night’s black agents to their preys do rouse.
- 1676, Thomas Hobbes (translator), Homer’s Iliads in English, London: William Crook, Book 18, p. 289,[3]
- The Grapes that on it hung were black, and all
- The Vines supported and from drooping staid
- With silver Props, that down they could not fall […]
- Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth […].
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act III, Scene 2,[2]
- (intransitive) To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, King John, Act V, Scene 1,[4]
- But wherefore do you droop? why look you sad?
- 1685, John Dryden, Threnodia Augustalis, London: Jacob Tonson, XII, p. 17,[5]
- Amidst the peaceful Triumphs of his Reign,
- What wonder if the kindly beams he shed
- Reviv’d the drooping Arts again […]
- 1711, Jonathan Swift, “The Accomplishment of the First of Mr. Bickerstaff’s Predictions” in Miscellanies, London: John Morphew, p. 284,[6]
- I saw him accidentally once or twice about 10 Days before he died, and observed he began very much to Droop and Languish […]
- 1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, a Tragedy, London: J. Tonson, Act I, Scene 2, p. 5,[7]
- I’ll animate the Soldier’s drooping Courage,
- With Love of Freedom, and Contempt of Life.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, King John, Act V, Scene 1,[4]
- (transitive) To allow to droop or sink.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act II, Scene 5,[8]
- […] pithless arms, like to a wither’d vine
- That droops his sapless branches to the ground;
- 1892, Arthur Christopher Benson, “Knapweed” in Le Cahier Jaune: Poems, Eton: privately printed, p. 62,[9]
- Down in the mire he droops his head;
- Forgotten, not forgiven.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act II, Scene 5,[8]
- To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 11, lines 175-178,[10]
- […] let us forth,
- I never from thy side henceforth to stray,
- Wherere our days work lies, though now enjoind
- Laborious, till day droop […]
- 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “The Princess” in The Princess; a Medley, London: Edward Moxon, p. 46,[11]
- […] and now when day
- Droop’d, and the chapel tinkled, mixt with those
- Six hundred maidens clad in purest white […]
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 11, lines 175-178,[10]
Derived terms
- droopage
Translations
Noun
droop (plural droops)
- Something which is limp or sagging.
- A condition or posture of drooping.
- (aviation) A hinged portion of the leading edge of an aeroplane's wing, which swivels downward to increase lift during takeoff and landing.
Coordinate terms
(part of aeroplane wing):
- slat
Translations
Derived terms
- brewer's droop
- droop nose
- droop snoot
Related terms
- drooped
- drooping
- droopy
References
- droop at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Podor
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -o?p
Verb
droop
- singular past indicative of druipen
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pine
English
Alternative forms
- pyne (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /pa?n/
- Rhymes: -a?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English pyne, from Latin p?nus, from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“sap, juice”). Cognate with Sanskrit ???? (pitu, “sap, juice, resin”). Doublet of pinus.
Noun
pine (countable and uncountable, plural pines)
- (countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
- Synonyms: pine tree, pinus
- (countable) Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
- (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
- Synonym: pinewood
- (archaic except South Africa, Caribbean, Guyana) A pineapple.
- 1918, Katherine Mansfield, “Prelude” in Bliss and Other Stories, Toronto: Macmillan, 1920, pp. 38-39,[2]
- Linda carried the oysters in one hand and the pineapple in the other. […] she put the bottle of oysters and the pine on a little carved chair.
- 1918, Katherine Mansfield, “Prelude” in Bliss and Other Stories, Toronto: Macmillan, 1920, pp. 38-39,[2]
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English pine, pyne, from Old English *p?n (“pain”), from Proto-Germanic *p?n? (“pain, torment, torture”), possibly from Latin poena (“punishment”), from Ancient Greek ????? (poin?, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”). Cognate to pain.
Entered Germanic with Christianity; cognate to Middle Dutch pinen, Old High German p?n?n, Old Norse pína.
Noun
pine (plural pines)
- (archaic) A painful longing.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English pinen, from Old English p?nian (“to torment”), from Proto-Germanic *p?n?n?, from Proto-Germanic *p?n? (“pain, torment, torture”), from the noun (see above). Cognate with German peinigen (“to torment, torture”), Icelandic pína (“to torment”).
Verb
pine (third-person singular simple present pines, present participle pining, simple past and past participle pined)
- To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.
- Synonyms: languish, droop
- 1855, John Sullivan Dwight (translator), “Oh Holy Night”, as printed in 1871, Adolphe-Charles Adam (music), “Cantique de Noël”, G. Schirmer (New York), originally by Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure, 1847
- Long lay the world in sin and error pining / Till He appear’d and the soul felt its worth
- (intransitive) To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
- Synonyms: long, yearn
- (transitive) To grieve or mourn for.
- (transitive) To inflict pain upon; to torment.
- Synonyms: torment, torture, afflict
- 1648, Joseph Hall, The Breathings of the Devout Soul
- One is pined in prison, another tortured on the rack.
Derived terms
- pine away
Translations
Further reading
- pine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- pine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- pine at OneLook Dictionary Search
References
Anagrams
- pein
Bih
Noun
pine
- woman, girl
Further reading
- Tam Thi Min Nguyen, A grammar of Bih (2013)
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?p?i?n?]
Etymology 1
Via Old Saxon p?na from Medieval Latin p?na (“punishment in hell”), from Latin poena (“punishment”), a loan from Ancient Greek ????? (poin?, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”).
Noun
pine c (singular definite pinen, plural indefinite piner)
- torment
- (in compounds) ache
Inflection
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle Low German p?nen, derived from the noun.
Verb
pine (imperative pin, infinitive at pine, present tense piner, past tense pinte, perfect tense er/har pint)
- torment
- torture
Synonyms
- martre
- nage
- plage
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pin/
Etymology 1
Originally “pinecone”, from Latin p?nea
Noun
pine f (plural pines)
- (slang) nob, penis
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
pine
- first-person singular present indicative of piner
- third-person singular present indicative of piner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of piner
- third-person singular present subjunctive of piner
- second-person singular imperative of piner
Further reading
- “pine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
pine f
- plural of pina
Anagrams
- peni
Latin
Noun
p?ne
- vocative singular of p?nus
Maori
Etymology
Probably English pin
Noun
pine
- pin, tack, brooch
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse pína, from Latin poena.
Noun
pine f or m (definite singular pina or pinen, indefinite plural piner, definite plural pinene)
- pain, torment, torture
Derived terms
- hodepine
- tannpine
- ørepine
Verb
pine (present tense piner, past tense pinte, past participle pint)
- to torment, to torture
References
- “pine” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “pine” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse pína, from Latin poena
Noun
pine f (definite singular pina, indefinite plural piner, definite plural pinene)
- pain, torment, torture
Derived terms
- hovudpine
- tannpine
Verb
pine (present tense piner, past tense pinte, past participle pint, passive infinitive pinast, present participle pinande, imperative pin)
- to torment, to torture
References
- “pine” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Verb
pine
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of pinar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of pinar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of pinar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of pinar
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
pine c (plural pinen, diminutive pyntsje)
- pain, ache
Further reading
- “pine”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Zazaki
Noun
pine
- patch
- (computing) patch
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