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- DictionaryDrop/dräp/
verb
- 1. let or make (something) fall vertically: "the fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette"
- 2. fall vertically: "the spoon dropped with a clatter from her hand"
noun
- 1. a small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface: "the first drops of rain splashed on the ground"
- 2. an instance of falling or dropping: "they left within five minutes of the drop of the curtain"
n. 1. a. A small amount of a liquid, drawn into a roughly spherical mass by surface tension. b. The quantity of liquid contained in such a mass, especially when measured out by a dropper. c. drops Liquid medicine administered in drops. d. A small quantity of a liquid: There isn't a drop of milk left.
A drop is a fall, plummet, or plunge — literal, or figurative: "A drop in profits means we'll have to lay off some workers." Definitions of drop. verb. let fall to the ground. “Don't drop the dishes”. synonyms: drop down, sink. fall or descend to a lower place or level. see more.
Definition of drop verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to take someone or something to a place, usually by car as you travel somewhere else: I can drop you at the station on my way to work. drop verb (STOP ACTIVITY) B2. If you drop a plan, activity, or idea, you stop doing or planning it: Plans for a new supermarket have been dropped.
[countable, usually singular] a distance straight down from a high point to a lower point. There was a sheer drop of fifty metres to the rocks below. There was a twenty-foot drop onto the stones beneath.
an act or instance of dropping; fall; descent. the distance or depth to which anything drops: a ten-foot drop to the ground. a steep slope: a short drop to the lake. a decline in amount, degree, quality, value, etc.: a drop in prices. a small, usually spherical, piece of candy; lozenge: a lemon drop.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Sport, Nature drop1 /drɒp $ drɑːp/ S1 W2 verb (dropped, dropping) 1 let something fall [ transitive] a) to stop holding or carrying something so that it falls He dropped his briefcase on a chair. She screamed and dropped the torch.
