Drop
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Drop
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1 n.
The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water.
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2 n.
That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.
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3 n.
Same as Gutta.
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4 n.
Any small pendent ornament.
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5 n.
Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something
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6 n.
A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself.
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7 n.
A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck.
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8 n.
A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.
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9 n.
A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc.
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10 n.
A drop press or drop hammer.
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11 n.
The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
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12 n.
Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops.
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13 n.
The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only.
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14 n.
Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.
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15 n.
To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill.
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16 n.
To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy.
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17 n.
To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.
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18 n.
To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc.
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19 n.
To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.
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20 n.
To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word.
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21 n.
To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.
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22 n.
To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
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23 v. i.
To fall in drops.
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24 v. i.
To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips.
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25 v. i.
To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
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26 v. i.
To fall dead, or to fall in death.
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27 v. i.
To come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the affair dropped.
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28 v. i.
To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment.
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29 v. i.
To fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the spear dropped a little.
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30 v. i.
To fall short of a mark.
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31 v. i.
To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her main topsail drops seventeen yards.
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32 n.
The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water.
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33 n.
That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.
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34 n.
Same as Gutta.
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35 n.
Any small pendent ornament.
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36 n.
Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something
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37 n.
A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself.
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38 n.
A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck.
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39 n.
A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.
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40 n.
A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc.
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41 n.
A drop press or drop hammer.
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42 n.
The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
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43 n.
Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops.
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44 n.
The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only.
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45 n.
Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.
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46 n.
To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill.
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47 n.
To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy.
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48 n.
To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.
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49 n.
To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc.
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50 n.
To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.
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51 n.
To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word.
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52 n.
To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.
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53 n.
To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
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54 v. i.
To fall in drops.
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55 v. i.
To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips.
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56 v. i.
To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
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57 v. i.
To fall dead, or to fall in death.
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58 v. i.
To come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the affair dropped.
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59 v. i.
To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment.
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60 v. i.
To fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the spear dropped a little.