Meaning of 'drop'

noun

a central depository where things can be left or picked up

Example: "Leave the load at the normal drop."

noun

a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies

Example: "Someone should iron the drop."

Synonyms: drop cloth drop curtain

noun

a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

Example: "There was a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index."

Synonyms: fall

noun

a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

Example: "It was a miracle that they survived the drop from that height."

Synonyms: fall

noun

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

Example: "They gave me the location and time for the drop."

noun

a steep high face of rock

Example: "There is a huge drop over there."

Synonyms: drop-off cliff

noun

a small indefinite quantity, especially of a liquid

Example: "I added a drop of milk to my tea."

Synonyms: drib driblet

noun

a shape that is spherical and small

Example: "I studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops."

Synonyms: bead pearl

verb

to give birth

Example: "The mother dropped a lamb."

Synonyms: pig farrow

verb

to grow worse

Example: "The quality is dropping."

Synonyms: degenerate decline devolve deteriorate worsen

verb

to fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death

Example: "Shop until you drop."

verb

to stop pursuing or acting

Example: "You better drop that lawsuit or I am going to have to counter sue."

Synonyms: knock off

verb

to lower the pitch of musical notes

Example: "We should drop this section a whole step."

Synonyms: flatten

verb

to go down in value

Example: "Stock prices dropped."

Synonyms: correct decline slump

verb

to leave undone or leave out

Example: "We dropped some tasks to finish the most important things on time."

Synonyms: neglect miss overlook pretermit omit leave out overleap

verb

to omit a letter or syllable in speaking or writing

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

verb

to utter with seeming casualness

Example: "I tried to drop a hint, but they didn't get it."

verb

to lose a game

Example: "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13."

verb

to take a drug, especially LSD, by mouth

Example: "I dropped acid when I was a teenager."

verb

to cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

Example: "I dropped my opponent in one punch."

Synonyms: fell cut down strike down

verb

to leave or unload

Example: "I dropped off the load at the depo."

Synonyms: discharge

verb

to get rid of, remove

Example: "We had to drop them."

Synonyms: throw

verb

to let or cause to fall in drops

Example: "I dropped the medicine on the patient's eye."

Synonyms: dribble drip

verb

to fall vertically

Example: "The bombs are dropping on enemy targets."

verb

to let something fall uncontrolled to the ground, typically impacting the ground

Example: "Don't drop the dishes."

verb

to fall or descend to a lower place or level without impact

Example: "We dropped down 100 feet."

Synonyms: sink drop down

verb

to pay out, or spend

Example: "We dropped a lot of money last weekend."

Synonyms: expend spend

verb

to terminate an association with

Example: "Drop them from the Republican ticket."

verb

to hang freely

Example: "The bucket dropped from the wire."

Synonyms: swing suspend dangle

noun

the act of dropping something

Example: "They expected the drop would be successful."