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DROP
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Irregular inflected forms: dropped , dropping
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of dropping something
Example:
they expected the drop would be successful
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
descent (the act of changing your location in a downward direction)
Derivation:
drop (let fall to the ground)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A central depository where things can be left or picked up
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
deposit; depositary; depository; repository (a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drop"):
maildrop (a drop where mail can be deposited)
Derivation:
drop (remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
Synonyms:
drop; drop cloth; drop curtain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
curtain; drape; drapery; mantle; pall (hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window))
Derivation:
drop (fall or descend to a lower place or level)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
Example:
when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
decrease; decrement (the amount by which something decreases)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drop"):
correction (a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases)
voltage drop (a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing)
Derivation:
drop (go down in value)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
Example:
it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height
Synonyms:
drop; fall
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
gravitation (movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction)
descent (a movement downward)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drop"):
free fall (the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field)
plunge (a steep and rapid fall)
precipitation (the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height)
Derivation:
drop (to fall vertically)
drop (let fall to the ground)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
hiding place (a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself))
Domain category:
drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drop"):
dead drop (a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A steep high face of rock
Example:
a steep drop
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drop"):
crag (a steep rugged rock or cliff)
precipice (a very steep cliff)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
Example:
years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drop"):
tear; teardrop (a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands)
raindrop (a drop of rain)
droplet (a tiny drop)
eye-drop; eyedrop (a drop from an eye dropper)
Derivation:
drop (let or cause to fall in drops)
droplet (a tiny drop)
Sense 9
Meaning:
A shape that is spherical and small
Example:
beads of sweat on his forehead
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
sphere (a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drop"):
dewdrop (a drop of dew)
teardrop (anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring))
Derivation:
droplet (a tiny drop)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they drop ... he / she / it drops
Past simple: dropped
Past participle: dropped
-ing form: dropping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give birth; used for animals
Example:
The cow dropped her calf this morning
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
bear; birth; deliver; give birth; have (cause to be born)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Grow worse
Example:
The discussion devolved into a shouting match
Synonyms:
degenerate; deteriorate; devolve; drop
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
rot; waste (become physically weaker)
fade; languish (become feeble)
fatigue; jade; pall; tire; weary (lose interest or become bored with something or somebody)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
Example:
shop til you drop
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
fall (pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 4
Meaning:
Stop pursuing or acting
Example:
knock it off!
Synonyms:
drop; knock off
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
cease; discontinue; give up; lay off; quit; stop (put an end to a state or an activity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
nol.pros.; nolle pros; nolle prosequi (drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Lower the pitch of (musical notes)
Synonyms:
drop; flatten
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
Meaning:
Go down in value
Example:
Stock prices dropped
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
decline; go down; wane (grow smaller)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
fall off; sink; slump (fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly)
tumble (fall suddenly and sharply)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The stock market is going to drop
Derivation:
drop (a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Change from one level to another
Example:
She dropped into army jargon
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 8
Meaning:
Leave undone or leave out
Example:
The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
Synonyms:
drop; leave out; miss; neglect; omit; overleap; overlook; pretermit
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
forget (forget to do something)
jump; pass over; skip; skip over (bypass)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Sense 9
Meaning:
Omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
Example:
New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
elide (leave or strike out)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 10
Meaning:
Utter with seeming casualness
Example:
drop names
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 11
Meaning:
Lose (a game)
Example:
The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
lose (fail to win)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 12
Meaning:
Take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
Example:
She dropped acid when she was a teenager
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
do drugs; drug (use recreational drugs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 13
Meaning:
Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
Example:
Lightning struck down the hikers
Synonyms:
cut down; drop; fell; strike down
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Cause:
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
chop down (cut down)
poleax; poleaxe (fell with or as if with a poleax)
log; lumber (cut lumber, as in woods and forests)
cut (fell by sawing; hew)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They drop the trees
Sense 14
Meaning:
Remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
Example:
drop off the passengers at the hotel
Synonyms:
discharge; drop; drop off; put down; set down; unload
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
deliver (bring to a destination, make a delivery)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
wharf (discharge at a wharf)
air-drop (drop (an object) from the air; unload from a plane or helicopter)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
drop (a central depository where things can be left or picked up)
Sense 15
Meaning:
Get rid of
Example:
shed your clothes
Synonyms:
cast; cast off; drop; shake off; shed; throw; throw away; throw off
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
autotomise; autotomize (cause a body part to undergo autotomy)
exfoliate (cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters)
abscise (shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue)
exuviate; molt; moult; shed; slough (cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 16
Meaning:
Let or cause to fall in drops
Example:
dribble oil into the mixture
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
pour (cause to run)
Verb group:
drip (fall in drops)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
drop (a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid))
dropper (pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time)
Sense 17
Meaning:
To fall vertically
Example:
the bombs are dropping on enemy targets
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Verb group:
drop (let fall to the ground)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
dump; plunge (fall abruptly)
flump; flump down (fall heavily)
decline (go down)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
The branches drop from the trees
Derivation:
drop (a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity)
Sense 18
Meaning:
Let fall to the ground
Example:
Don't drop the dishes
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Verb group:
drop (to fall vertically)
drop; drop down; sink (fall or descend to a lower place or level)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
plank down; plonk down; plump down (drop heavily)
hang (let drop or droop)
dump (drop (stuff) in a heap or mass)
plop (drop something with a plopping sound)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The girls drop the wooden sticks
Derivation:
drop (the act of dropping something)
drop (a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity)
Sense 19
Meaning:
Fall or descend to a lower place or level
Example:
He sank to his knees
Synonyms:
drop; drop down; sink
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
change posture (undergo a change in bodily posture)
Verb group:
fall off; sink; slump (fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly)
drop (let fall to the ground)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
drop open; fall open (open involuntarily)
droop; flag; sag; swag (droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness)
sag; sag down (cause to sag)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
drop (a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery)
Sense 20
Meaning:
Pay out
Example:
spend money
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
misspend (spend time badly or unwisely)
piddle; piddle away; trifle; wanton; wanton away (waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently)
lay out (spend or invest)
economise; economize; save (spend sparingly, avoid the waste of)
commit; invest; place; put (make an investment)
nickel-and-dime; penny-pinch (spend money frugally; spend as little as possible)
misspend (spend (money or other resources) unwisely)
underspend (spend at less than the normal rate)
trifle away; wanton; wanton away (spend wastefully)
blow (spend lavishly or wastefully on)
afford (be able to spare or give up)
consume; squander; ware; waste (spend extravagantly)
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something on somebody
Sense 21
Meaning:
Terminate an association with
Example:
drop him from the Republican ticket
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
remove (remove from a position or an office)
Verb group:
dismiss; drop; send away; send packing (stop associating with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sense 22
Meaning:
Stop associating with
Example:
They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock
Synonyms:
dismiss; drop; send away; send packing
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
can; dismiss; displace; fire; force out; give notice; give the axe; give the sack; sack; send away; terminate (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position)
Verb group:
drop (terminate an association with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 23
Meaning:
Hang freely
Example:
The light dropped from the ceiling
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
hang (be suspended or hanging)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
droop; loll (hang loosely or laxly)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sentence example:
The lights drop from the ceiling
Context examples:
As it melted and dropped upon the stove it sizzled and rose about him in steam.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
I dropped upon the thwart again, none too soon, for I was near overboard.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I smiled to myself, and in my psychological way, began lazily to inquire into the elements of this illusion, occasionally, even as I did so, dropping back into a comfortable morning doze.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Causes include: • Bacterial or viral infection • Allergies • Substances that cause irritation • Contact lens products, eye drops, or eye ointments
(Pinkeye, NIH: National Eye Institute)
The practice of placing antibiotic eye drops or ointment in a neonate's eyes after birth.
(Ophthalmic Prophylaxis, NCI Thesaurus)
A suspension of fine drops of a liquid in a gas.
(Mist, NCI Thesaurus)
I now also began to collect the materials necessary for my new creation, and this was to me like the torture of single drops of water continually falling on the head.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
I dropped off after this and slept soundly all night.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Come in, Mr. Fidelio. Every man to his own taste, and six drops to the half-pint seems a sinful watering of grog—but if you like it so, you shall have it.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
From thence we went to Bourges, where I had a tunic of flame-colored silk and a very fine pair of shoes with tassels of silk and drops of silver.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
