drop
/dɹɑp/ verb A1- Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid. · A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky.
- Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated. · When you defeat this boss, there's a chance a power-up will drop.· This item can sometimes drop from chests.
- To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground. · Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private!· If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop, and roll.
- To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- To fall into a particular condition or state.
- To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc. · The stock dropped 1.5% yesterday.· We can take our vacation when the price of fuel drops.
Plural drop · He/she/it drops · Past dropped · Past participle dropped · -ing form dropping
Verb forms
- Base form
- drop
- He/she/it
- drops
- Past
- dropped
- Past participle
- dropped
- -ing form
- dropping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- drop away To become less or fewer.
- drop back Of a quarterback or other player in the backfield, to tak...
- drop by To visit informally and spontaneously.
- drop down To sail, move, or row down a coast, or down a river to th...
- drop in Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, in.
- drop into To thrust (someone) into a situation.
- drop off To fall asleep.
- drop out To leave (school, a race, etc.) prematurely and voluntarily.
From the library
Douglas defended himself with the hammer, he might have left his mark upon the murderer before he dropped it on the mat.
Why did he not simply drop it?”
His padded hands were so clumsy and the nuts were so small that he dropped almost as many as he put in the basket.
The anchor was instantly dropped, and the chain ran rattling through the port-hole.
Other matches
- drop A small quantity of liquid, just large enough t... A2
- drop away To become less or fewer.
- drop back Of a quarterback or other player in the backfie...
- drop by To visit informally and spontaneously.
- drop down To sail, move, or row down a coast, or down a r...
- drop in Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
- drop into To thrust
- drop off To fall asleep.
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