Part Of Speech: verb
Definition: To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
Definition: To drip (a liquid).
Example: The equipment shows how much the glacier has moved and the amount it dropped in height over the summer.
Definition: Generally, to fall (straight down).
Example: A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky.
Definition: To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
Example: Don't drop that plate! The police ordered the men to drop their weapons.
Definition: To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
Definition: To lower; to move to a lower position.
Definition: To set down from a vehicle; to deliver or deposit by stopping.
Example: Could you drop me at the airport on your way to work tomorrow?
Definition: To sink quickly to the ground.
Example: Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private!
Definition: To fall dead, or to fall in death.
Definition: To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
Definition: To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
Example: The moderator would drop hints whenever the students struggled.
Definition: To part with or spend (money).
Definition: To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.).
Example: I'm tired of this subject. Will you just drop it?
Definition: To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
Example: The stock dropped 1.5% yesterday. We can take our vacation when the price of fuel drops. Watch for the temperature to drop sharply, then you'll know the reaction is complete.
Definition: To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message) in an offhand manner.
Example: Drop me a note when you get to the city.
Definition: To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
Example: Make any sudden movements and I will drop you!
Definition: To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
Example: Cockneys drop their aitches.
Definition: (of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have led to the batsman being out.
Example: Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball
Definition: To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
Example: They had never dropped acid.
Definition: To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
Example: I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée.
Definition: To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
Example: I've been dropped from the football team.
Definition: To drop out of the betting.
Definition: (rugby football) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
Definition: To impart.
Example: I drop knowledge wherever I go.
Definition: To release to the public.
Example: That hacker has been threatening to drop my docs [i.e. publish my personal information].
Definition: To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
Example: I love it when he drops his funky beats.
Definition: To enter public distribution.
Example: "Hip-Hop Xmas" dropped in time for the holidays.
Definition: To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
Definition: To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
Example: I had to drop calculus because it was taking up too much of my time and I couldn't go anymore.
Definition: (fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
Example: Drop a basket of fries.
Definition: (of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
Example: Billy's voice dropped suddenly when he turned 12.
Definition: (of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
Example: My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2.
Definition: (of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
Example: Do drop by soon and I'll lend you that book.
Definition: To give birth to.
Example: to drop a lamb
Definition: To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
Definition: (of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
