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Sounds | draa'p; drao'p |
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Rhymes | Aesop, airdrop, atop, and 44 more rhymes in aap at the HyperDic website... |
fop, top, treetop |
Meaning | A small quantity (especially of a liquid). |
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Examples | "one drop of each sample was analyzed"; "any child with a drop of negro blood was legally a negro"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man" |
Synonyms | driblet |
Narrower | tear, teardrop; raindrop; droplet; eyedrop, eye-drop |
Broader | small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount |
Verbs | drop |
Meaning | A shape that is small and round. |
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Examples | "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops" |
Synonyms | bead, pearl |
Narrower | teardrop; dewdrop |
Broader | round shape |
Meaning | A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity. |
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Examples | "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery" |
Synonyms | dip, fall, free fall |
Narrower | correction; voltage drop |
Broader | decrease, decrement |
Verbs | drop |
Meaning | A steep high face of rock. |
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Examples | "a steep drop" |
Synonyms | cliff, drop-off |
Narrower | crag; precipice |
Broader | geological formation, formation |
Meaning | A predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property). |
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Category | drug |
Narrower | dead drop |
Broader | hiding place |
Meaning | A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity. |
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Examples | "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height" |
Synonyms | fall |
Narrower | free fall; plunge; precipitation |
Broader | gravitation; descent |
Verbs | drop; drop |
Meaning | A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies. Often used as background scenery. |
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Synonyms | drop curtain, drop cloth |
Broader | curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall |
Verbs | drop |
Meaning | A central depository where things can be left or picked up. |
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Narrower | maildrop |
Broader | depository, deposit, repository |
Verbs | drop |
Meaning | The act of dropping something. |
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Examples | "they expected the drop would be successful" |
Broader | descent |
Verbs | drop |
Meaning | Let fall to the ground. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Model | The girls drop the wooden sticks |
Examples | "Don't drop the dishes" |
Narrower | plop; dump; hang; plonk down, plump down, plank down |
Broader | move, displace |
Similar to | drop; sink, drop, drop down |
Nouns | drop; drop |
Meaning | To fall vertically. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Model | The branches drop from the trees |
Examples | "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets" |
Narrower | plunge, dump; plummet, plump; flump, flump down; decline |
Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down |
Similar to | drop |
Nouns | drop |
Meaning | Go down in value. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Model | The stock market is going to drop |
Examples | "Stock prices dropped" |
Narrower | slump, fall off, sink; tumble |
Broader | decline, go down, wane |
Nouns | drop |
Meaning | Fall or drop to a lower place or level. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | sink, drop down |
Narrower | drop open, fall open; sag, droop, swag, flag; sag, sag down |
Broader | change posture |
Similar to | slump, fall off, sink; drop |
Nouns | drop |
Meaning | Terminate an association with. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
Examples | "drop him from the Republican ticket" |
Broader | remove |
Similar to | dismiss, send packing, send away, drop |
Meaning | Utter casually. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "drop a hint" |
Broader | express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to |
Meaning | Stop pursuing or acting. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "drop a lawsuit" |
Synonyms | knock off |
Narrower | nolle pros |
Broader | discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off |
Meaning | Leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
Synonyms | set down, put down, unload, discharge |
Narrower | wharf; air-drop |
Broader | deliver |
Nouns | drop |
Meaning | Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Model | They drop the trees |
Synonyms | fell, strike down, cut down |
Cause to | descend, fall, go down, come down |
Entailed by | undercut |
Narrower | chop down; poleax, poleaxe; log, lumber; cut |
Broader | cut |
Meaning | Lose (a game). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13" |
Category | sport, athletics |
Broader | lose |
Meaning | Pay out. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something on somebody |
Synonyms | spend, expend |
Narrower | consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out; consume, squander, waste, ware; afford; blow; wanton, wanton away, trifle away; underspend; misspend; penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime; invest, put, commit, place; save, economize, economise |
Broader | pay |
Meaning | Lower the pitch of (musical notes). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | flatten |
Category | music |
Broader | change, alter, modify |
Contrary | sharpen |
Meaning | Hang freely. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Model | The lights drop from the ceiling |
Examples | "The light dropped from the ceiling" |
Synonyms | dangle, swing |
Narrower | droop, loll |
Broader | hang |
Meaning | Stop associating with. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" |
Synonyms | dismiss, send packing, send away |
Broader | fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate |
Similar to | drop |
Meaning | Let or cause to fall in drops. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
Synonyms | dribble, drip |
Broader | pour |
Similar to | drip |
Nouns | dropper; drop |
Meaning | Get rid of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away |
Narrower | shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough; abscise; exfoliate; autotomize, autotomise |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
Meaning | Leave undone or leave out. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
Synonyms | neglect, pretermit, omit, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap |
Narrower | forget; jump, pass over, skip, skip over |
Contrary | attend to, take to heart |
Meaning | Change from one level to another. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "She dropped into army jargon" |
Broader | change |
Meaning | Grow worse. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | devolve, deteriorate, degenerate |
Narrower | tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade; languish, fade; waste, rot |
Broader | worsen, decline |
Contrary | recuperate, recover, convalesce |
Meaning | Give birth. Used for animals. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Examples | "The cow dropped her calf this morning" |
Broader | give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have |