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Meaning of 'drop' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Drop [ n.]
- 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 fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water.
- That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.
- Same as Gutta.
- Any small pendent ornament.
- Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something
- A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself.
- A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck.
- A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.
- A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc.
- A drop press or drop hammer.
- The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops.
- The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only.
- Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.
- To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill.
- To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy.
- To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.
- To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc.
- To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.
- To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word.
- To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.
- To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
2 . Drop [ v. i.]
- To fall in drops.
- To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips.
- To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
- To fall dead, or to fall in death.
- To come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the affair dropped.
- To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment.
- To fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the spear dropped a little.
- To fall short of a mark.
- To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her main topsail drops seventeen yards.

Meaning of 'drop' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . drop [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
Example in sentence:
  • a dip in prices;
  • a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index;
  • there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery;
  • when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall
Meaning (2):
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
Example in sentence:
  • a drop of each sample was analyzed;
  • he had a drop too much to drink;
  • there is not a drop of pity in that man;
  • years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet
Meaning (3):
- a steep high face of rock
Example in sentence:
  • a steep drop;
  • he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town
Meaning (4):
- a shape that is spherical and small
Example in sentence:
  • beads of sweat on his forehead;
  • he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops
Meaning (5):
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
Example in sentence:
  • it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height
Meaning (6):
- the act of dropping something
Example in sentence:
  • they expected the drop would be successful
7 . drop [ v]
Meaning (7):
- grow worse
Example in sentence:
  • Conditions in the slum worsened;
  • Conditions in the slums degenerated;
  • Her condition deteriorated;
  • The discussion devolved into a shouting match
Meaning (8):
- let fall to the ground
Example in sentence:
  • Don't drop the dishes
Meaning (9):
- let or cause to fall in drops
Example in sentence:
  • dribble oil into the mixture
Meaning (10):
- utter with seeming casualness
Example in sentence:
  • drop a hint;
  • drop names
Meaning (11):
- stop pursuing or acting
Example in sentence:
  • drop a lawsuit;
  • knock it off!
Meaning (12):
- terminate an association with
Example in sentence:
  • drop him from the Republican ticket
Meaning (13):
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
Example in sentence:
  • drop off the passengers at the hotel;
  • unload the cargo
Meaning (14):
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
Example in sentence:
  • He sank to his knees
Meaning (15):
- get rid of
Example in sentence:
  • he shed his image as a pushy boss;
  • I couldn't shake the car that was following me;
  • shed your clothes;
  • We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
Meaning (16):
- leave undone or leave out
Example in sentence:
  • How could I miss that typo?;
  • The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
Meaning (17):
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
Example in sentence:
  • Lightning struck down the hikers;
  • strike down a tree
Meaning (18):
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
Example in sentence:
  • New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's
Meaning (19):
- go down in value
Example in sentence:
  • prices slumped;
  • Stock prices dropped;
  • the stock market corrected
Meaning (20):
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
Example in sentence:
  • She dropped acid when she was a teenager
Meaning (21):
- change from one level to another
Example in sentence:
  • She dropped into army jargon
Meaning (22):
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
Example in sentence:
  • shop til you drop
Meaning (23):
- pay out
Example in sentence:
  • spend money
Meaning (24):
- to fall vertically
Example in sentence:
  • the bombs are dropping on enemy targets
Meaning (25):
- give birth; used for animals
Example in sentence:
  • The cow dropped her calf this morning
Meaning (26):
- lose (a game)
Example in sentence:
  • The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13
Meaning (27):
- hang freely
Example in sentence:
  • The light dropped from the ceiling;
  • the ornaments dangled from the tree;
  • The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them
Meaning (28):
- stop associating with
Example in sentence:
  • They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock

Nearby Words:

drock drofland drogher drogman drogoman drogue droh droil droit droitural

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