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    drop
    [dräp]
    verb
    drops (third person present)
    1. let or make (something) fall vertically:
      "the fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette" · "they dropped bombs on London during the raid"
      • deliver (supplies or troops) by parachute:
        "the airlift dropped food into the camp"
      • rugby
        score (a goal) by a drop kick:
        "he dropped a goal to beat England in the final minute"
      • (of an animal, especially a mare, cow, or ewe) give birth to (young).
      • informal
        take (a drug, especially LSD) orally:
        "he dropped a lot of acid in the Sixties"
    2. fall vertically:
      "the spoon dropped with a clatter from her hand"
      • (of a person) allow oneself to fall; let oneself down without jumping:
        "they escaped by climbing out of the window and dropping to the ground"
      • (of a person or animal) sink to or toward the ground:
        "he dropped to his knees in the mud"
      • informal
        collapse or die from exhaustion:
        "he looked ready to drop"
      • (of ground) slope steeply down:
        "the cliff drops ninety yards to the valley below"
    3. make or become lower, weaker, or less:
      "he dropped his voice as she came into the room" · "pretax profits dropped by 37 per cent" · "tourism has dropped off in the last few years"
    4. abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study):
      "the charges against him were dropped last year" · "drop everything and get over here!"
      • discard or exclude (someone or something):
        "they were dropped from the team in the reshuffle"
      • informal
        stop associating with:
        "I was under pressure from family and friends to drop Barbara"
      • omit (a letter or syllable) in speech:
        "our English au pair drops her h's"
    5. set down or unload (a passenger or goods), especially on the way to somewhere else:
      "his mom dropped him outside and drove off to work" · "he dropped the load off at a dealer's"
      • put or leave in a particular place without ceremony or formality:
        "just drop it in the mail when you've got time"
      • mention in passing, typically in order to impress:
        "she dropped a remark about having been included in the selection"
    6. (in sports) fail to win (a point, game, or match).
      • informal
        lose (money) through gambling:
        "they drifted into a roulette parlor and dropped about fifteen dollars"
    7. informal
      release or make available (a musical recording, television program, etc.):
      "he dropped the song on his social media profile" · "Lisa dropped her bombshell autobiography earlier this month"
      • (of a musical recording, television program, etc.) be released or made available:
        "shortly after the album dropped, the official music video premiered" · "a new trailer for season four has dropped"
      • BRITISH ENGLISH
        informal
        (of a DJ) select and play (a record):
        "various guest DJs drop quality tunes both old and new"
    8. bridge
      be forced to play (a relatively high card) as a loser under an opponent's higher card, because it is the only card in its suit held in the hand:
      "West dropped the nine"
    noun
    drops (plural 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"
      • a very small amount of liquid:
        "there was not a drop of water in sight"
      • a drink of alcoholic liquor:
        "he doesn't touch a drop during the week"
      • (drops)
        liquid medicine to be measured or applied in very small amounts:
        "eye drops"
    2. an instance of falling or dropping:
      "they left within five minutes of the drop of the curtain"
      • an act of dropping supplies or troops by parachute:
        "the planes finally managed to make the drop"
      • a fall in amount, quality, or rate:
        "a significant drop in consumer spending"
      • an abrupt fall or slope:
        "standing on the lip of a sixty-foot drop"
      • bridge
        (the drop)
        the playing of a high card underneath an opponent's higher card, because it is the only card in its suit held in the hand:
        "do you play for the drop now or finesse the 9?"
    3. informal
      a delivery:
      "I got to the depot and made the drop"
      • US ENGLISH
        a mailbox.
      • a hiding place for stolen, illicit, or secret things:
        "the lavatory's toilet tank could be used as a letter drop"
    4. a piece of candy or a lozenge:
      "a lemon drop"
    5. an earring that hangs down from the earlobe:
      "simple amethyst and diamond drops"
    6. a section of theatrical scenery lowered from the flies; a drop cloth or drop curtain.
    7. a trapdoor on a gallows, the opening of which causes the prisoner to fall and thus be hanged.
      • (the drop)
        execution by hanging.
    Origin
    Old English dropa (noun), droppian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Tropfen ‘a drop’, tropfen ‘to drip’, also to drip and droop.
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    verb
    1. let or make (something) fall vertically:
      let fall
      release
      unhand
      relinquish
      put
      place
      rest
      deposit
      set
      set down
      lay
      leave
      settle
      shove
      stick
      position
      station
      pop
      plonk
      let go (of)
      fail to hold
      lose one's grip on
      Opposite:
      lift
      pick up
      hold onto
      • fall vertically:
        drip
        fall
        dribble
        trickle
        drizzle
        flow
        run
        plop
        leak
        descend
        sink
        plunge
        plummet
        dive
        nosedive
        tumble
        pitch
        slump
        fall in drops
        come/go down
        Opposite:
        rise
      • make or become lower, weaker, or less:
        decrease
        lessen
        reduce
        diminish
        depreciate
        fall
        drop off
        decline
        dwindle
        sink
        slump
        plunge
        plummet
        fall off a cliff
        make less
        become less
        slacken off
        Opposite:
        increase
      • abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study):
        give up
        finish with
        cancel
        discontinue
        end
        stop
        cease
        halt
        terminate
        abandon
        forgo
        relinquish
        throw up
        pack in
        quit
        cry off
        withdraw from
        retire from
        dispense with
        have done with
        Opposite:
        take up
        continue
      • set down or unload (a passenger or goods), especially on the way to somewhere else:
        remove
        offload
        discharge
        jettison
        deliver
        deposit
        set down
        leave
        put off
        pour out
        tip out
        Opposite:
        load
      • (in sports) fail to win (a point, game, or match).
        lose
        concede
        give away
        fail to win
        miss out on
        let slip
        Opposite:
        win
        noun
        1. a small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface:
          droplet
          blob
          globule
          bead
          bubble
          tear
          dot
          spheroid
          oval
          glob
        2. a piece of candy or a lozenge:
          sweet
          lozenge
          pastille
          chocolate
          bonbon
          fondant
          toffee
          candy
          piece of confectionery
        3. a section of theatrical scenery lowered from the flies; a drop cloth or drop curtain.
          drape
          curtain
          drop cloth
          drop curtain
          drop scene
          frontal
          dossal
          drapery
          tab
          tableau curtain
         

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