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drop
- pronunciation:
- drap
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- phrases:
- at the drop of a hat, drop off, drop out, drop a beat
- features:
- Note
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a small amount of liquid, usu. forming a tiny sphere.
- synonyms:
- droplet, glob
- similar words:
- bead, globule, tear
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| definition 2: |
something in the shape or form of a drop.
- synonyms:
- bead, teardrop
- similar words:
- glob, globule, tear
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| definition 3: |
a very small amount of anything.
- synonyms:
- bit, dab, smidgen
- similar words:
- dash, dribble, driblet, jot, little, minim, mite, modicum, pinch, speck, trace
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| definition 4: |
a sudden fall.
- synonyms:
- fall
- similar words:
- decline, drop-off, nose dive, plunge, swoop
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| definition 5: |
the distance covered by a fall, or the distance from the top to the bottom of something.
a ten-foot drop- similar words:
- decline, drop-off, fall
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| definition 6: |
a decline or falling-off.
a drop in prices- synonyms:
- decline, fall-off
- antonyms:
- rise
- similar words:
- decrease, depreciation, diminution, dip, downturn, drop-off, reduction, sag
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| definition 7: |
(pl.) medicine in a liquid form that is administered by drops or with a dropper.
- similar words:
- nose drops
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| related words: |
bathos, crumb, dab, drip, glimmer, lapse, plump, taste, trickle, trip, tumble |
| phrase: |
at the drop of a hat |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
dropped, dropping, drops |
| definition 1: |
to fall to a lower level.
- synonyms:
- descend, fall, sink
- antonyms:
- mount
- similar words:
- dip, dive, lower, plummet, plunge, set, settle, subside
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| definition 2: |
to sink down as if exhausted or hurt.
- synonyms:
- collapse
- similar words:
- black out, faint, fall, pass out, plop, sink down, slump, swoon
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| definition 3: |
to fall in quantity or quality.
- synonyms:
- decrease, diminish, fall
- antonyms:
- mount
- similar words:
- dwindle, fall off, lower, plummet, plunge, shrink, sink
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| definition 4: |
to visit unexpectedly (fol. by in or by).
- synonyms:
- pop in, stop by, stop in
- similar words:
- call, visit
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| definition 5: |
to fall behind (usu. fol. by back).
The television show dropped back in the ratings.- synonyms:
- fall behind, lag
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| related words: |
decrease, drape, light, plump, sag, slump, subside, tear, tumble |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to let fall.
I dropped the pencil.- similar words:
- deposit, dump, release, sink, unload
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| definition 2: |
to send, as a message.
Drop him a letter when you have time.- synonyms:
- send
- similar words:
- mail
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| definition 3: |
to bring down with a blow.
- synonyms:
- deck, fell
- similar words:
- bag, bring down, floor, smite, strike down
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| definition 4: |
to omit or give up.
I will drop the physics course.- similar words:
- discontinue, omit, quit, withdraw from
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| definition 5: |
to stop employing; stop having relations with.
- similar words:
- abandon, discharge, dismiss, ditch, dump, fire, jilt, sack
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| definition 6: |
(slang) to take (illegal drugs) by mouth.
- similar words:
- take
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| related words: |
cancel, chuck, drape, fling, forsake, hail, hang, let slide, lose, lower, scrap, shrink, stick, topple, trickle |
| phrase: |
drop off |
| phrase: |
drop out |
| phrase: |
drop a beat |
drop or fall?
Drop means to cause someone or something to move to a lower position. Fall describes the action in which something moves to a lower position. Compare: - Don't drop the baby! Don't let him fall!
- The baby fell from the step.
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