From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drop
n 1: a shape that is spherical and small; "he studied the shapes
of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"
[syn: drop, bead, pearl]
2: a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); "he had
a drop too much to drink"; "a drop of each sample was
analyzed"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man"; "years
afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by
driblet"--Kipling [syn: drop, drib, driblet]
3: a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57
points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure
in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that
became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
[syn: drop, dip, fall, free fall]
4: a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff
overlooking the town"; "a steep drop" [syn: cliff, drop,
drop-off]
5: a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution
of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
6: a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a
miracle that he survived the drop from that height" [syn:
drop, fall]
7: a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from
the flies; often used as background scenery [syn: {drop
curtain}, drop cloth, drop]
8: a central depository where things can be left or picked up
9: the act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would
be successful"
v 1: let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes"
2: to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"
3: go down in value; "Stock prices dropped"
4: fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his
knees" [syn: sink, drop, drop down]
5: terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican
ticket"
6: utter with seeming casualness; "drop a hint"; drop names"
7: stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"
[syn: drop, knock off]
8: leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers
at the hotel" [syn: drop, drop off, set down, {put
down}, unload, discharge]
9: cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down
a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" [syn: fell,
drop, strike down, cut down]
10: lose (a game); "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13"
11: pay out; "spend money" [syn: spend, expend, drop]
12: lower the pitch of (musical notes) [syn: flatten, drop]
[ant: sharpen]
13: hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The
light dropped from the ceiling" [syn: dangle, swing,
drop]
14: stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a
child out of wedlock" [syn: dismiss, send packing, {send
away}, drop]
15: let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the
mixture" [syn: dribble, drip, drop]
16: get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your
clothes" [syn: shed, cast, cast off, shake off,
throw, throw off, throw away, drop]
17: take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth; "She dropped acid
when she was a teenager"
18: omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing; " New
Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's"
19: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?";
"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" [syn:
neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out,
overlook, overleap] [ant: attend to, take to heart]
20: change from one level to another; "She dropped into army
jargon"
21: fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; "shop til
you drop"
22: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the
slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting
match" [syn: devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate]
[ant: convalesce, recover, recuperate]
23: give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this
morning"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gutta \Gut"ta\, n.; pl. Guttae. [L.]
1. A drop.
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2. (Arch.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a
frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the
triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in
the Doric order; -- called also campana, and drop.
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Gutta serena [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.),
amaurosis.
{Gutt[ae] band} (Arch.), the listel or band from which the
gutt[ae] hang.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Drop \Drop\ (dr[o^]p), n. [OE. drope, AS. dropa; akin to OS.
dropo, D. drop, OHG. tropo, G. tropfen, Icel. dropi, Sw.
droppe; and Fr. AS. dre['o]pan to drip, drop; akin to OS.
driopan, D. druipen, OHG. triofan, G. triefen, Icel.
drj[=u]pa. 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.
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With minute drops from off the eaves. --Milton.
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As dear to me as are the ruddy drops
That visit my sad heart. -- Shak.
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That drop of peace divine. --Keble.
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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.
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3. (Arch.)
(a) Same as Gutta.
(b) Any small pendent ornament.
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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.
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5. pl. Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops;
as, lavender drops.
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6. (Naut.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied
to the courses only. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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7. Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Drop \Drop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Droppedor Dropt; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dropping.] [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.
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The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a
tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.
--Sterne.
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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.
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3. To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to
discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.
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They suddenly drop't the pursuit. --S. Sharp.
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That astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop
you and pick you up again. --Thackeray.
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The connection had been dropped many years. -- Sir
W. Scott.
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Dropping the too rough H in Hell and Heaven.
--Tennyson.
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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.
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5. To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.
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6. To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter,
word.
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7. To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.
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8. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
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Show to the sun their waved coats dropped with gold.
--Milton.
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To drop a vessel (Naut.), to leave it astern in a race or a
chase; to outsail it.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Drop \Drop\, v. i.
1. To fall in drops.
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The kindly dew drops from the higher tree,
And wets the little plants that lowly dwell.
--Spenser.
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2. To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe
fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips.
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Mutilations of which the meaning has dropped out of
memory. --H. Spencer.
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When the sound of dropping nuts is heard. --Bryant.
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3. To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
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The heavens . . . dropped at the presence of God.
--Ps. lxviii.
8.
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4. To fall dead, or to fall in death; as, dropping like
flies.
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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.
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5. To come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the
affair dropped. --Pope.
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6. To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old
friend dropped in a moment. --Steele.
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Takes care to drop in when he thinks you are just
seated. --Spectator.
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7. To fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the
spear dropped a little.
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8. To fall short of a mark. [R.]
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Often it drops or overshoots by the disproportion of
distance. --Collier.
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9. To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her
main topsail drops seventeen yards.
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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.]
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