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Droop

To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like.

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Manner of action 3

Bag 76% connected

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slouch 76% connected

A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat br…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slump 76% connected

The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Crumble 76% connected

To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dangle 76% connected

To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Decay 76% connected

To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Depression 76% connected

The act of depressing.

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Dilapidate 76% connected

To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a buildin…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Impression 76% connected

The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Imprint 76% connected

To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.

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Sink 76% connected

To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Swing 76% connected

To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sag 74% connected

To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, th…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sag 74% connected

To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, th…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Swag 74% connected

To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Swag 74% connected

To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wilt 74% connected

2d pers. sing. of Will.

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Wilt 74% connected

2d pers. sing. of Will.

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Synonym 5

Flag 92% connected

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Loll 92% connected

To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sag 92% connected

To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Swag 92% connected

To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Wilt 92% connected

2d pers. sing. of Will.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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