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drop
English
- 🔊 the act of dropping something“they expected the drop would be successful”
- 🔊 a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- 🔊 a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity“a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index”
- 🔊 a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity“it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height”
- 🔊 a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- 🔊 a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)“he had a drop too much to drink”
- 🔊 a shape that is spherical and small“he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops”
- 🔊 a steep high face of rock“he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town”
- 🔊 a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
- 🔊 give birth“The cow dropped her calf this morning”
- 🔊 fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death“shop til you drop”
- 🔊 stop pursuing or acting“drop a lawsuit”
- 🔊 go down in value“Stock prices dropped”
- 🔊 change from one level to another“She dropped into army jargon”
- 🔊 omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing“New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's”
- 🔊 utter with seeming casualness“drop a hint”
- 🔊 lose (a game)“The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13”
- 🔊 take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth“She dropped acid when she was a teenager”
- 🔊 remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave“unload the cargo”
- 🔊 to fall vertically“the bombs are dropping on enemy targets”
- 🔊 let fall to the ground“Don't drop the dishes”
- 🔊 terminate an association with“drop him from the Republican ticket”
- 🔊 lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- 🔊 cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow“strike down a tree”
- 🔊 fall or descend to a lower place or level“He sank to his knees”
- 🔊 grow worse“Her condition deteriorated”
- 🔊 let or cause to fall in drops“dribble oil into the mixture”
- 🔊 pay out“spend money”
- 🔊 hang freely“the ornaments dangled from the tree”
- 🔊 leave undone or leave out“How could I miss that typo?”
- 🔊 stop associating with“They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock”
- 🔊 get rid of“he shed his image as a pushy boss”
Spanish
- 🔊 escalón drop
- 🔊 bajada drop, descent
- 🔊 baja drop, fall, reduction
- 🔊 bajar to drop, lower, put down, turn down, move down (an object, the volume, etc.)