drop
(noun) the act of dropping something; “they expected the drop would be successful”
drop
(noun) a central depository where things can be left or picked up
drop, dip, fall, free fall
(noun) 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”
drop, fall
(noun) a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; “it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height”
drop
(noun) a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
cliff, drop, drop-off
(noun) a steep high face of rock; “he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town”; “a steep drop”
drop, drib, driblet
(noun) 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
drop, bead, pearl
(noun) a shape that is spherical and small; “he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops”; “beads of sweat on his forehead”
drop
(verb) give birth; used for animals; “The cow dropped her calf this morning”
devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
(verb) grow worse; “Her condition deteriorated”; “Conditions in the slums degenerated”; “The discussion devolved into a shouting match”
drop
(verb) fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; “shop til you drop”
drop, knock off
(verb) stop pursuing or acting; “drop a lawsuit”; “knock it off!”
flatten, drop
(verb) lower the pitch of (musical notes)
drop
(verb) go down in value; “Stock prices dropped”
drop
(verb) change from one level to another; “She dropped into army jargon”
neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
drop
(verb) omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing; “New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r’s”
drop
(verb) utter with seeming casualness; “drop a hint”; “drop names”
drop
(verb) lose (a game); “The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13”
drop
(verb) take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth; “She dropped acid when she was a teenager”
fell, drop, strike down, cut down
(verb) cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; “strike down a tree”; “Lightning struck down the hikers”
drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge
(verb) remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave; “unload the cargo”; “drop off the passengers at the hotel”
shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
(verb) get rid of; “he shed his image as a pushy boss”; “shed your clothes”
drop
(verb) to fall vertically; “the bombs are dropping on enemy targets”
drop
(verb) let fall to the ground; “Don’t drop the dishes”
sink, drop, drop down
(verb) fall or descend to a lower place or level; “He sank to his knees”
spend, expend, drop
(verb) pay out; “spend money”
drop
(verb) terminate an association with; “drop him from the Republican ticket”
dismiss, send packing, send away, drop
(verb) stop associating with; “They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock”
dangle, swing, drop
(verb) hang freely; “the ornaments dangled from the tree”; “The light dropped from the ceiling”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
drop (plural drops)
A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid.
The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal activity; a drop-off point.
An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies by parachute.
(chiefly, British, Australian) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage
(chiefly, British, when used with the definite article (the drop)) Alcoholic spirits in general.
(Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.
(American football) A dropped pass.
(American football) A drop-back.
(Rugby football) A drop-kick.
difference in circumference
In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference
In a man, the difference between chest circumference and waist circumference.
(sports, usually with definite article "the") relegation from one division to a lower one
(video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies.
(music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in tempo, bass, and/or overall tone; also known as the highlight or climax.
(US, banking, dated) An unsolicited credit card issue.
The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
(architecture) A gutta.
A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's deck; a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet; a curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; etc.
(slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.
A drop press or drop hammer.
(engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
(nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.
The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole, that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
(gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
(pinball) A drop target.
drop (third-person singular simple present drops, present participle dropping, simple past and past participle (archaic) dropt or dropped)
(intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid). [from 11th c.]
(transitive) To drip (a liquid). [form 14th c.]
• The equipment shows how much the glacier has moved and the amount it dropped in height over the summer.
(intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down). [from 14th c.]
(transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). [from 14th c.]
(intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
(transitive) To lower; to move to a lower position.
(transitive) To set down from a vehicle; to deliver or deposit by stopping.
Synonym: drop off
(intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground. [from 15th c.]
(intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death.
(intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop. [from 17th c.]
(transitive) To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation. [from 17th c.]
(transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money). [from 17th c.]
(transitive) To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.). [from 17th c.]
(intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc. [from 18th c.]
(transitive) To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message) in an offhand manner. [from 18th c.]
(transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down. [from 18th c.]
(transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.). [from 19th c.]
(cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have led to the batsman being out.
(transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD. [from 20th c.]
(transitive) To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
(transitive) To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
(gambling, intransitive) To drop out of the betting.
(rugby football) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
(transitive, slang) To impart.
(transitive, music, computing, television, colloquial) To release to the public.
(transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
(intransitive, music, television, colloquial) To enter public distribution.
(transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
(transitive) To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
(transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
(intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
(intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
(intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
To give birth to.
To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
(informal, of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
(Hyponyms of the noun drop):
• cough drop
• dewdrop
• eye-drop
• one drop
• Turkey drop
• raindrop
• teardrop
• Prod, Prod., dorp, prod
Source: Wiktionary
Drop, n. Etym: [OE. drope, AS. dropa; akin to OS. dropo, D. drop, OHG. tropo, G. tropfen, Icel. dropi, Sw. droppe; and Fr. AS. dreĂłpan to drip, drop; akin to OS. driopan, D. druipen, OHG. triofan, G. triefen, Icel. drj. Cf. Drip, Droop.]
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. With minute drops from off the eaves. Milton. As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart. Shak. That drop of peace divine. Keble.
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.
3. (Arch.) (a) Same as Gutta. (b) Any small pendent ornament.
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.
5. pl.
Definition: Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops.
6. (Naut.)
Definition: The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
7. Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent. 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.
Drop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dropped or Dropt; p. pr. & vb. n. Dropping.] Etym: [OE. droppen, AS. dropan, v. i. See Drop, n.]
1. To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill. "The trees drop balsam." Creech. The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever. Sterne.
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.
3. To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit. They suddenly drop't the pursuit. S. Sharp. That astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop you and pick you up again. Thackeray. The connection had been dropped many years. Sir W. Scott. Dropping the too rough H in Hell and Heaven. Tennyson.
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.
5. To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.
6. To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word.
7. To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.
8. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop. Show to the sun their waved coats dropped with gold. Milton. To drop a vessel (Naut.), to leave it astern in a race or a chase; to outsail it.
Drop, v. i.
1. To fall in drops. The kindly dew drops from the higher tree, And wets the little plants that lowly dwell. Spenser.
2. To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips. Mutilations of which the meaning has dropped out of memory. H. Spencer. When the sound of dropping nuts is heard. Bryant.
3. To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops. The heavens . . . dropped at the presence of God. Ps. lxviii. 8.
4. To fall dead, or to fall in death. 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.
5. To come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the affair dropped. Pope.
6. To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment. Steele. Takes care to drop in when he thinks you are just seated. Spectator.
7. To fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the spear dropped a little.
8. To fall short of a mark. [R.] Often it drops or overshoots by the disproportion of distance. Collier.
9. To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her main topsail drops seventeen yards. 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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
