drop
(verb) give birth; used for animals; âThe cow dropped her calf this morningâ
devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
(verb) grow worse; âHer condition deterioratedâ; âConditions in the slums degeneratedâ; âThe discussion devolved into a shouting matchâ
drop
(verb) fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; âshop til you dropâ
drop, knock off
(verb) stop pursuing or acting; âdrop a lawsuitâ; âknock it off!â
flatten, drop
(verb) lower the pitch of (musical notes)
drop
(verb) go down in value; âStock prices droppedâ
drop
(verb) change from one level to another; âShe dropped into army jargonâ
neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
(verb) leave undone or leave out; âHow could I miss that typo?â; âThe workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of tenâ
drop
(verb) omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing; âNew Englanders drop their post-vocalic râsâ
drop
(verb) utter with seeming casualness; âdrop a hintâ; âdrop namesâ
drop
(verb) lose (a game); âThe Giants dropped 11 of their first 13â
drop
(verb) take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth; âShe dropped acid when she was a teenagerâ
fell, drop, strike down, cut down
(verb) cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; âstrike down a treeâ; âLightning struck down the hikersâ
drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge
(verb) remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave; âunload the cargoâ; âdrop off the passengers at the hotelâ
shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
(verb) get rid of; âhe shed his image as a pushy bossâ; âshed your clothesâ
drop
(verb) to fall vertically; âthe bombs are dropping on enemy targetsâ
drop
(verb) let fall to the ground; âDonât drop the dishesâ
sink, drop, drop down
(verb) fall or descend to a lower place or level; âHe sank to his kneesâ
spend, expend, drop
(verb) pay out; âspend moneyâ
drop
(verb) terminate an association with; âdrop him from the Republican ticketâ
dismiss, send packing, send away, drop
(verb) stop associating with; âThey dropped her after she had a child out of wedlockâ
dangle, swing, drop
(verb) hang freely; âthe ornaments dangled from the treeâ; âThe light dropped from the ceilingâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dropped
simple past tense and past participle of drop
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
6 November 2024
(adverb) in a searching manner; ââAre you really happy with him,â asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchinglyâ
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.