drop
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Noun (9)
- a shape that is spherical and small“he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops”“beads of sweat on his forehead”Synonyms: beadpearl
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)“he had a drop too much to drink”“a drop of each sample was analyzed”“there is not a drop of pity in that man”“years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet — Kipling”Synonyms: dribdriblet
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity“a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index”“there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery”“a dip in prices”“when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall”Synonyms: dipfallfree fall
- a steep high face of rock“he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town”“a steep drop”Synonyms: cliffdrop-off
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity“it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height”Synonyms: fall
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenerySynonyms: drop curtaindrop cloth
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- the act of dropping something“they expected the drop would be successful”
Verb (23)
- let fall to the ground“Don't drop the dishes”
- to fall vertically“the bombs are dropping on enemy targets”
- go down in value“Stock prices dropped”
- fall or descend to a lower place or level“He sank to his knees”Synonyms: sinkdrop down
- terminate an association with“drop him from the Republican ticket”
- utter with seeming casualness; drop names"“drop a hint”
- stop pursuing or acting“drop a lawsuit”“knock it off!”Synonyms: knock off
- leave or unload“unload the cargo”“drop off the passengers at the hotel”Synonyms: drop offset downput downunloaddischarge
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow“strike down a tree”“Lightning struck down the hikers”Synonyms: fellstrike downcut down
- lose (a game)“The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13”
- pay out“spend money”Synonyms: spendexpend
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)Synonyms: flatten
- hang freely“the ornaments dangled from the tree”“The light dropped from the ceiling”Synonyms: dangleswing
- stop associating with“They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock”Synonyms: dismisssend packingsend away
- let or cause to fall in drops“dribble oil into the mixture”Synonyms: dribbledrip
- get rid of“he shed his image as a pushy boss”“shed your clothes”Synonyms: shedcastcast offshake offthrowthrow offthrow away
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth“She dropped acid when she was a teenager”
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing; " New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's"
- leave undone or leave out“How could I miss that typo?”“The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”Synonyms: neglectpretermitomitmissleave outoverlookoverleap
- change from one level to another“She dropped into army jargon”
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death“shop til you drop”
- grow worse“Her condition deteriorated”“Conditions in the slums degenerated”“The discussion devolved into a shouting match”Synonyms: devolvedeterioratedegenerate
- give birth; used for animals“The cow dropped her calf this morning”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.A drop. [1913 Webster]
2.(Arch.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; -- called also campana, and drop. [1913 Webster]
Gutta serena [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.), amaurosis.
Gutt[ae] band (Arch.), the listel or band from which the gutt[ae] hang. [1913 Webster]
1.To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill. "The trees drop balsam." --Creech. [1913 Webster]
The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.— Sterne.[1913 Webster]
2.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. [1913 Webster]
3.To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit. [1913 Webster]
They suddenly drop't the pursuit.— S. Sharp.[1913 Webster]
That astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop you and pick you up again.— Thackeray.[1913 Webster]
The connection had been dropped many years.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]
Dropping the too rough H in Hell and Heaven.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
4.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. [1913 Webster]
5.To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc. [1913 Webster]
6.To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word. [1913 Webster]
7.To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb. [1913 Webster]
8.To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop. [1913 Webster]
Show to the sun their waved coats dropped with gold.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
To drop a vessel (Naut.), to leave it astern in a race or a chase; to outsail it. [1913 Webster]
1.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. [1913 Webster]
With minute drops from off the eaves.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
That drop of peace divine.— Keble.[1913 Webster]
2.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. [1913 Webster]
3.(Arch.) (a) Same as Gutta. (b) Any small pendent ornament. [1913 Webster]
4.Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something; as: (a) 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. (b) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck. (c) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet. (d) A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc. (e) A drop press or drop hammer. (f) (Mach.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger. [1913 Webster]
5.pl. Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops. [1913 Webster]
6.(Naut.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster]
7.Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent. [1913 Webster]
Ague drop, Black drop. See under Ague, Black.
Drop by drop, in small successive quantities; in repeated portions. "Made to taste drop by drop more than the bitterness of death." --Burke.
Drop curtain. See Drop, n., 4. (d) .
Drop forging. (Mech.) (a) A forging made in dies by a drop hammer. (b) The process of making drop forgings.
Drop hammer (Mech.), a hammer for forging, striking up metal, etc., the weight being raised by a strap or similar device, and then released to drop on the metal resting on an anvil or die.
Drop kick (Football), a kick given to the ball as it rebounds after having been dropped from the hands.
Drop lake, a pigment obtained from Brazil wood. --Mollett.
Drop letter, a letter to be delivered from the same office where posted.
Drop press (Mech.), a drop hammer; sometimes, a dead-stroke hammer; -- also called drop.
Drop scene, a drop curtain on which a scene is painted. See Drop, n., 4. (d) .
Drop seed. (Bot.) See the List under Glass.
Drop serene. (Med.) See Amaurosis. [1913 Webster]
1.To fall in drops. [1913 Webster]
The kindly dew drops from the higher tree, And wets the little plants that lowly dwell.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
2.To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips. [1913 Webster]
Mutilations of which the meaning has dropped out of memory.— H. Spencer.[1913 Webster]
When the sound of dropping nuts is heard.— Bryant.[1913 Webster]
3.To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops. [1913 Webster]
The heavens . . . dropped at the presence of God.— Ps. lxviii. 8.[1913 Webster]
4.To fall dead, or to fall in death; as, dropping like flies. [1913 Webster]
Nothing, says Seneca, so soon reconciles us to the thoughts of our own death, as the prospect of one friend after another dropping round us.— Digby.[1913 Webster]
5.To come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the affair dropped. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
6.To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment. --Steele. [1913 Webster]
Takes care to drop in when he thinks you are just seated.— Spectator.[1913 Webster]
7.To fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the spear dropped a little. [1913 Webster]
8.To fall short of a mark. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Often it drops or overshoots by the disproportion of distance.— Collier.[1913 Webster]
9.To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her main topsail drops seventeen yards. [1913 Webster]
To drop astern (Naut.), to go astern of another vessel; to be left behind; to slacken the speed of a vessel so as to fall behind and to let another pass a head.
To drop down (Naut.), to sail, row, or move down a river, or toward the sea.
To drop off, to fall asleep gently; also, to die. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]