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- pronunciation:
- drap
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- phrases:
- at the drop of a hat, drop off, drop out
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Note
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a small amount of liquid, usually with a round shape.
Dew forms drops on the grass.
- similar words:
- bead, tear
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| definition 2: |
a very small amount of anything.
I like a drop of milk in my tea.- synonyms:
- bit, dab
- similar words:
- dash, little, mite, pinch, speck, trace
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| definition 3: |
a sudden fall.
We were shaken up when the plane took a drop.There was a drop in temperature before the storm.- similar words:
- decline, swoop
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| definition 4: |
the distance from the top to the bottom of something.
There is a drop of twenty feet from the bridge.- similar words:
- decline, fall
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| definition 5: |
a decrease in amount.
The restaurant owner expects a drop in business after the holiday season.- synonyms:
- decline
- similar words:
- decrease, reduction
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| related words: |
crumb, dab, drip, glimmer, lapse, taste, trickle, tumble |
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| phrase: |
at the drop of a hat |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
drops, dropping, dropped |
| definition 1: |
to fall to a lower level.
The book will drop off the shelf if you don't move it.- synonyms:
- descend, fall, sink
- antonyms:
- mount
- similar words:
- dip, dive, lower, plunge, set, settle, subside
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| definition 2: |
to fall in amount, volume or quality.
Their voices dropped when the teacher came in.The temperature drops after sunset.- synonyms:
- decrease, diminish, fall
- antonyms:
- mount
- similar words:
- dwindle, lower, plunge, shrink, sink
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| definition 3: |
to let fall.
I dropped the plate of spaghetti.She dropped an ice cube in her glass.
- similar words:
- deposit, dump, release, sink, unload
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| definition 4: |
to give up or leave out.
I had to drop band practice to make time for studying.- similar words:
- discontinue, omit, quit, withdraw from
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| related words: |
decrease, sag, slump |
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| phrase: |
drop off, drop out |
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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