droop vs shoehorn

droop

noun
  • Something which is limp or sagging. 

  • A condition or posture of drooping. 

  • A hinged portion of the leading edge of an aeroplane's wing, which swivels downward to increase lift during takeoff and landing. 

verb
  • To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag. 

  • To slowly become limp; to bend gradually. 

  • To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. 

  • To allow to droop or sink. 

  • To hang downward; to sag. 

shoehorn

noun
  • A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place. 

  • Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium. 

verb
  • To use a shoehorn. 

  • To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to. 

  • To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious. 

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