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drop

English

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

Spanish

  1. 🔊 escalón drop
  2. 🔊 bajada drop, descent
  3. 🔊 baja drop, fall, reduction
  4. 🔊 bajar to drop, lower, put down, turn down, move down (an object, the volume, etc.)

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