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Drop

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Noun

1. bead, drop, pearl

a shape that is spherical and small

Example Sentences:
'he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops'
'beads of sweat on his forehead'

2. drib, driblet, drop

a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)

Example Sentences:
'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'

3. dip, drop, fall, free fall

a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

Example Sentences:
'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'

4. cliff, drop, drop-off

a steep high face of rock

Example Sentences:
'he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town'
'a steep drop'

5. drop

a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)

6. drop, fall

a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

Example Sentences:
'it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height'

7. drop, drop cloth, drop curtain

a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery

8. drop

a central depository where things can be left or picked up

9. drop

the act of dropping something

Example Sentences:
'they expected the drop would be successful'

Verb

10. drop

let fall to the ground

Example Sentences:
'Don't drop the dishes'

11. drop

to fall vertically

Example Sentences:
'the bombs are dropping on enemy targets'

12. drop

go down in value

Example Sentences:
'Stock prices dropped'

13. drop, drop down, sink

fall or descend to a lower place or level

Example Sentences:
'He sank to his knees'

14. drop

terminate an association with

Example Sentences:
'drop him from the Republican ticket'

15. drop

utter with seeming casualness

Example Sentences:
'drop a hint'
'drop names'

16. drop, knock off

stop pursuing or acting

Example Sentences:
'drop a lawsuit'
'knock it off!'

17. discharge, drop, drop off, put down, set down, unload

leave or unload

Example Sentences:
'unload the cargo'
'drop off the passengers at the hotel'

18. cut down, drop, fell, strike down

cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

Example Sentences:
'strike down a tree'
'Lightning struck down the hikers'

19. drop

lose (a game)

Example Sentences:
'The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13'

20. drop, expend, spend

pay out

Example Sentences:
'spend money'

21. drop, flatten

lower the pitch of (musical notes)

22. dangle, drop, swing

hang freely

Example Sentences:
'the ornaments dangled from the tree'
'The light dropped from the ceiling'

23. dismiss, drop, send away, send packing

stop associating with

Example Sentences:
'They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock'

24. dribble, drip, drop

let or cause to fall in drops

Example Sentences:
'dribble oil into the mixture'

25. cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off

get rid of

Example Sentences:
'he shed his image as a pushy boss'
'shed your clothes'

26. drop

take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth

Example Sentences:
'She dropped acid when she was a teenager'

27. drop

omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing

Example Sentences:
' New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's'

28. drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit

leave undone or leave out

Example Sentences:
'How could I miss that typo?'
'The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten'

29. drop

change from one level to another

Example Sentences:
'She dropped into army jargon'

30. drop

fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death

Example Sentences:
'shop til you drop'

31. degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop

grow worse

Example Sentences:
'Her condition deteriorated'
'Conditions in the slums degenerated'
'The discussion devolved into a shouting match'

32. drop

give birth; used for animals

Example Sentences:
'The cow dropped her calf this morning'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Drop

see synonyms of drop
noun
1. 
a small quantity of liquid that forms or falls in a spherical or pear-shaped mass; globule
2. 
a very small quantity of liquid
3. 
a very small quantity of anything
4. 
something resembling a drop in shape or size, such as a decorative pendant or small sweet
5. 
the act or an instance of falling; descent
6. 
a decrease in amount or value; slump
a drop in prices
7. 
the vertical distance that anything may fall
8. 
a steep or sheer incline or slope
9.  short for fruit drop
10. 
the act of unloading troops, equipment, or supplies by parachute
11. 
(in cable television) a short spur from a trunk cable that feeds signals to an individual house
12. theatre drop curtain
13.  another word for trapdoor, gallows
14. mainly US and Canadian
a slot or aperture through which an object can be dropped to fall into a receptacle
15. nautical
the midships height of a sail bent to a fixed yard
Compare hoist (sense 6a)
16. Australian cricket slang
a fall of the wicket
he came in at first drop
17.  drop shot
18.  a drop in the bucket
19.  at the drop of a hat
20.  have had a drop too much
21.  have the drop on someone
verbWord forms: drops, dropping or dropped
22. 
(of liquids) to fall or allow to fall in globules
23. 
to fall or allow to fall vertically
24. (transitive)
to allow to fall by letting go of
25. 
to sink or fall or cause to sink or fall to the ground, as from a blow, wound, shot, weariness, etc
26. (intr; foll by back, behind, etc)
to fall, move, or go in a specified manner, direction, etc
27. (intr; foll by in, by, etc) informal
to pay a casual visit (to)
28. 
to decrease or cause to decrease in amount or value
the cost of living never drops
29. 
to sink or cause to sink to a lower position, as on a scale
30. 
to make or become less in strength, volume, etc
31. (intransitive)
to sink or decline in health or condition
32. (intransitive; sometimes foll by into)
to pass easily into a state or condition
to drop into a habit
33. (intransitive)
to move along gently as with a current of water or air
34. (transitive)
to allow to pass casually in conversation
to drop a hint
35. (transitive)
to leave out (a word or letter)
36. (transitive)
to set down or unload (passengers or goods)
37. (transitive)
to send or post
drop me a line/text/email
38. (transitive)
to discontinue; terminate
let's drop the matter
39. (transitive)
to cease to associate or have to do with
40. (transitive) slang, mainly US
to cease to employ
he was dropped from his job
41. (tr; sometimes foll by in, off, etc) informal
to leave or deposit, esp at a specified place
42. 
(of animals) to give birth to (offspring)
43. slang, mainly US and Canadian
to lose (money), esp when gambling
44. (transitive)
to lengthen (a hem, etc)
45. (transitive)
to unload (troops, equipment, or supplies) by parachute
46. (transitive) nautical
to leave behind; sail out of sight of
47. (transitive) sport
to omit (a player) from a team
48. (transitive)
to lose (a score, game, or contest)
the champion dropped his first service game
49. (transitive) sport
to hit or throw (a ball) into a goal
he dropped a 30 foot putt
50. (transitive)
to hit (a ball) with a drop shot
51.  drop astern
52. (transitive) motor racing slang
to spin (the car) and (usually) crash out of the race
53. (transitive) slang
to swallow (a drug, esp a barbiturate or LSD)
54.  drop dead!
noun, verb
55. rugby
short for drop kick or drop-kick

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Drop

see synonyms of drop
noun
1. 
a small quantity of liquid that is somewhat spherical, as when falling
2. 
a very small quantity of liquid
3.  [pl.]
liquid medicine taken or applied in drops
4. 
a very small quantity of anything
5. 
a thing like a drop in shape or size, as a pendent earring or a small piece of candy
6. 
the act or fact of dropping; a fall, descent, slump, or decrease
a drop in prices
7. 
the dropping of troops or supplies by parachute; airdrop
8. 
anything that drops or is used for dropping or covering something, as a drop curtain or piece of theater scenery, a drop hammer, or a trapdoor
9. 
a receptacle or slot into which something is dropped
10. 
the distance between a higher and lower level; distance through which anything falls or sinks
11.  US, Slang
a. 
a clandestine place or person that is used for depositing or holding messages, something stolen or illegal, etc.
b. 
a deposit made in such a place or with such a person
verb intransitiveWord forms: dropped or ˈdropping
12. 
to fall in drops
13. 
to fall; come down
14. 
to fall exhausted, wounded, or dead
15. 
to pass into a specified state, esp. into a less active or less desirable one
to drop off to sleep
16. 
to come to an end or to nothing
to let a matter drop
17. 
to become lower or less, as temperatures, prices, etc.
18. 
to move down with a current of water or air
verb transitive
19. 
to let or make fall; release hold of
20. 
to give birth to
said of animals
21. 
to utter (a suggestion, hint, etc.) casually
22. 
to send (a letter)
23. 
to cause to fall, as by wounding, killing, or hitting
24. 
a. 
to stop, end, or have done with
b. 
to dismiss
25. 
to make lower or less; lower or lessen
26. 
to make (the voice) less loud
27. 
to drop (troops or supplies) by parachute; airdrop
28. 
a. 
to omit (a letter or sound) in a word
b. 
to cut out; remove; omit
she dropped a chapter when she rewrote the book
29.  Informal
to leave (a person or thing) at a specified place
often with off
30.  Slang
a. 
to lose (money or a game)
b. 
to spend (money)
31.  Slang
to take (a hallucinogenic drug, barbiturate, etc.) orally

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Drop

see synonyms of drop
n.
1.
a. A small amount of a liquid, drawn into a roughly spherical mass by surface tension.
b. The quantity of liquid contained in such a mass, especially when measured out by a dropper.
c. drops Liquid medicine administered in drops.
d. A small quantity of a liquid: There isn't a drop of milk left.
e. Informal An alcoholic drink: a man known to have a drop now and then.
2. A trace or hint: not a drop of pity.
3.
a. Something, such as an earring, shaped or hanging like a drop.
b. A small globular piece of hard candy.
4. The act of falling; descent: the drop of the curtain; the sun's drop toward the horizon.
5. A swift decline or decrease, as in quality, quantity, or intensity: a drop in sales.
6.
a. The vertical distance from a higher to a lower level: The cliff has a drop of 50 feet.
b. The distance through which something falls or drops.
7. A sheer incline, such as the face of a cliff: Stay clear of the drop.
8.
a. A descent or delivery of something by parachute: made a drop of supplies to the explorers.
b. Personnel and equipment landed by means of parachute.
9. Something, such as a trapdoor on a gallows, that is arranged to fall or be lowered.
10. A drop curtain.
11. A slot through which something is deposited in a receptacle.
12. A central place or establishment where something, such as mail, is brought and subsequently distributed.
13.
a. A predetermined location for the deposit and subsequent removal of secret communications or illicit goods, such as drugs.
b. The act of depositing such communications or materials.
14. Electronics A connection made available for an input or output unit on a transmission line.
v. dropped, drop·ping, drops
v.intr.
1. To fall in drops: rain dropping from an umbrella.
2. To fall from a higher to a lower place or position: The plate dropped onto the floor.
3. To become less, as in number, intensity, or volume: The temperature dropped below 0.
4. To move or descend from one height or level to another: He dropped into a crouch. The sun dropped below the horizon.
5. To fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death.
6. To pass or slip into a specified state or condition: dropped into a doze; drop out of sight.
7. Sports To fall or roll into a basket or hole. Used of a ball.
v.tr.
1. To let fall by releasing hold of: I dropped the towel onto the floor.
2. To let fall in drops: drop the medicine into the ear.
3. To cause to become less; reduce: drop the rate of production.
4. To cause to fall, as by hitting or shooting: dropped him with a left hook.
5. Sports To hurl or strike (a ball) into a basket or hole.
6. To give birth to. Used of animals.
7. To say or offer casually: drop a hint; drop a name.
8. To write at one's leisure: drop me a note.
9. To cease consideration or treatment of: dropped the matter altogether.
10. To terminate an association or a relationship with: an actor who was dropped by the talent agency.
11. To leave unfinished: drop everything and help.
12. To leave out (a letter, for example) in speaking or writing.
13. To leave or set down at a particular place; unload: I dropped the book in your office.
14. Informal To spend, especially lavishly or rashly: "dropping $50,000 in an Atlantic City casino" (George F. Will).
15. To airdrop (supplies, for example).
16. To lower the level of (the voice).
17. To lose (a game or contest, for example).
18. Slang To take, as a drug, by mouth: drop acid.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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