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drop

noun
  1. a central depository where things can be left or picked up
    “Leave the load at the normal drop.”
  2. a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
    “Someone should iron the drop.”
    drop clothdrop curtain
  3. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
    “There was a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index.”
    fall
  4. a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
    “It was a miracle that they survived the drop from that height.”
    fall
  5. a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods, such as drugs or stolen property
    “They gave me the location and time for the drop.”
  6. a steep high face of rock
    “There is a huge drop over there.”
    drop-offcliff
  7. a small indefinite quantity, especially of a liquid
    “I added a drop of milk to my tea.”
    dribdriblet
  8. a shape that is spherical and small
    “I studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops.”
    beadpearl
  9. the act of dropping something
    “They expected the drop would be successful.”
verb
  1. to give birth
    “The mother dropped a lamb.”
    pigfarrow
  2. to grow worse
    “The quality is dropping.”
    degeneratedeclinedevolvedeteriorateworsen
  3. to fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
    “Shop until you drop.”
  4. to stop pursuing or acting
    “You better drop that lawsuit or I am going to have to counter sue.”
    knock off
  5. to lower the pitch of musical notes
    “We should drop this section a whole step.”
    flatten
  6. to go down in value
    “Stock prices dropped.”
    correctdeclineslump
  7. to leave undone or leave out
    “We dropped some tasks to finish the most important things on time.”
    neglectmissoverlookpretermitomitleave outoverleap
  8. to omit a letter or syllable in speaking or writing
    “New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's.”
  9. to utter with seeming casualness
    “I tried to drop a hint, but they didn't get it.”
  10. to lose a game
    “The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13.”
  11. to take a drug, especially LSD, by mouth
    “I dropped acid when I was a teenager.”
  12. to cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
    “I dropped my opponent in one punch.”
    fellcut downstrike down
  13. to leave or unload
    “I dropped off the load at the depo.”
    discharge
  14. to get rid of, remove
    “We had to drop them.”
    throw
  15. to let or cause to fall in drops
    “I dropped the medicine on the patient's eye.”
    dribbledrip
  16. to fall vertically
    “The bombs are dropping on enemy targets.”
  17. to let something fall uncontrolled to the ground, typically impacting the ground
    “Don't drop the dishes.”
  18. to fall or descend to a lower place or level without impact
    “We dropped down 100 feet.”
    sinkdrop down
  19. to pay out, or spend
    “We dropped a lot of money last weekend.”
    expendspend
  20. to terminate an association with
    “Drop them from the Republican ticket.”
  21. to hang freely
    “The bucket dropped from the wire.”
    swingsuspenddangle