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Look up: Drop

  1. drop
    [Noun] To let something fall or become less.
    Example: The number of people who smoke dropped last year.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary

  2. drop
    [n] - a shape that is small and round 2. [n] - a small quantity (especially of a liquid) 3. [n] - a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property) 4. [n] - a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity 5. [n] - a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity 6. [n] - a central depository where things can be left or picked up 7. [n] - the act of dropping something 8. [v] - terminate an association with 9. [v] - let fall to the ground 10. [v] - to fall vertically 11. [v] - leave or unload, esp. of passengers or cargo 12. [v] - of games, in sports 13. [v] - utter casually 14. [v] - change from one level to another 15. [v] - go down in value 16. [v] - stop pursuing or acting 17. [v] - give birth
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Drop
    The interval between impulse and locking during which the escape-wheel, and therefore the whole train, is free to turn.
    Found on http://www.horologia.co.uk/watchglossary

  4. drop
    A drop is a delivery.
    Found on http://www.courierology.co.uk/courier-gl

  5. Drop
    This is another term used to refer to the action of 'folding'. The player who does not wish to continue further with that hand places their cards on the table, face down, returning their cards to the muck.
    Found on http://www.internet-poker.co.uk/Poker-Gl

  6. Drop
    Money lost.
    Found on http://www.thegoodgamblingguide.co.uk/gl

  7. Drop
    A connection between a terminal and a subscriber.
    Found on http://www.flowmeterdirectory.com/flowme

  8. drop
    the vertical distance between the base of the outlet and the bottom of the air stream at the end of its throw Category: Physics • A transverse structure which lowers the water level along its course. Category: Building industry • in artillery and naval gunfire support,a correction used by an observer/spotter to indicate that a decrease in range along a spotting line is desi...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  9. Drop
    Drop noun [ Middle English drope , Anglo-Saxon dropa ; akin to Old Saxon dropo , Dutch drop , Old High German tropo , German tropfen , Icelandic dropi , Swedish droppe ; and Fr. Anglo-Saxon dreópan to drip, drop; akin to Old Saxon driopan , Dutch druipen , Old High German triofan , German triefen , Icel ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/124

  10. Drop
    Drop transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Dropped or Dropt ; present participle & verbal noun Dropping .] [ Middle English droppen , Anglo-Saxon dropan , intransitive verb See Drop , noun ] 1. To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill. 'Th ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/124

  11. Drop
    Drop intransitive verb 1. To fall in drops. « The kindly dew drops from the higher tree, And wets the little plants that lowly dwell.» Spenser. 2. To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips. « Mutilations of which the meaning has dropped out of memory. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/124

  12. drop
    1. To fall in drops. 'The kindly dew drops from the higher tree, And wets the little plants that lowly dwell.' (Spenser) ... 2. To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips. 'Mutilations of which the meaning has dropped out of memory.' (H. Spencer) 'When the sound of dropping nuts is ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  13. drop
    fall noun a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; `it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. drop
    dip noun a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; `a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index`; `there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery`; `a dip in prices`; `when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. drop
    noun the act of dropping something; `they expected the drop would be successful`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. drop
    noun a central depository where things can be left or picked up
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. drop
    noun a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. drop
    drib noun a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); `he had a drop too much to drink`; `a drop of each sample was analyzed`; `there is not a drop of pity in that man`; `years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet`--Kipling
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  19. drop
    bead noun a shape that is spherical and small; `he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops`; `beads of sweat on his forehead`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  20. drop
    drop off verb leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  21. drop
    verb give birth; used for animals; `The cow dropped her calf this morning`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  22. drop
    verb go down in value; `Stock prices dropped`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  23. drop
    verb utter casually; `drop a hint`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  24. drop
    verb lose (a game); `The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  25. drop
    verb to fall vertically; `the bombs are dropping on enemy targets`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?


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