Dictionary entry details
• DROP (noun)
Meaning:
A small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
drop; driblet; drib
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drop"):
tear; teardrop (a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands)
raindrop (a drop of rain)
droplet (a tiny drop)
eye-drop; eyedrop (a drop from an eye dropper)
Meaning:
A shape that is spherical and small
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
bead; drop; pearl
Context examples:
he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops / beads of sweat on his forehead
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
sphere (a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drop"):
dewdrop (a drop of dew)
teardrop (anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring))
Meaning:
A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
free fall; drop; dip; fall
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
decrease; decrement (the amount by which something decreases)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drop"):
correction (a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases)
voltage drop (a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing)
Meaning:
A steep high face of rock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
cliff; drop-off; drop
Context examples:
he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town / a steep drop
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drop"):
precipice (a very steep cliff)
crag (a steep rugged rock or cliff)
Meaning:
A predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
hiding place (a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself))
Domain category:
drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drop"):
dead drop (a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information)
Meaning:
A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
drop; fall
Context example:
it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
gravitation (movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction)
descent (a movement downward)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drop"):
free fall (the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field)
plunge (a steep and rapid fall)
precipitation (the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height)
Meaning:
A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
drop cloth; drop curtain; drop
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
curtain; drape; drapery; mantle; pall (hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window))
Meaning:
A central depository where things can be left or picked up
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
deposit; depositary; depository; repository (a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drop"):
maildrop (a drop where mail can be deposited)
Meaning:
The act of dropping something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
they expected the drop would be successful
Hypernyms ("drop" is a kind of...):
descent (the act of changing your location in a downward direction)
• DROP (verb)
Meaning:
Let fall to the ground
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
Don't drop the dishes
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
plop (drop something with a plopping sound)
dump (drop (stuff) in a heap or mass)
hang (let drop or droop)
plank down; plonk down; plump down (drop heavily)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The girls drop the wooden sticks
Meaning:
To fall vertically
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
the bombs are dropping on enemy targets
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
decline (go down)
flump; flump down (fall heavily)
plummet; plump (drop sharply)
dump; plunge (fall abruptly)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
The branches drop from the trees
Meaning:
Go down in value
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Stock prices dropped
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
decline; go down; wane (grow smaller)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
fall off; sink; slump (fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly)
tumble (fall suddenly and sharply)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The stock market is going to drop
Meaning:
Fall or drop to a lower place or level
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
drop down; sink; drop
Context example:
He sank to his knees
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
change posture (undergo a change in bodily posture)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
sag; sag down (cause to sag)
droop; flag; sag; swag (droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness)
drop open; fall open (open involuntarily)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Terminate an association with
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
drop him from the Republican ticket
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
remove (remove from a position or an office)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Utter casually
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
drop a hint
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Stop pursuing or acting
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
knock off; drop
Context examples:
drop a lawsuit / knock it off!
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
cease; discontinue; give up; lay off; quit; stop (put an end to a state or an activity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
nolle pros (drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
unload; drop off; put down; set down; drop; discharge
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
deliver (bring to a destination, make a delivery)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
air-drop (drop (an object) from the air; unload from a plane or helicopter)
wharf (discharge at a wharf)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
fell; strike down; cut down; drop
Context examples:
strike down a tree / Lightning struck down the hikers
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Cause:
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
chop down (cut down)
poleax; poleaxe (fell with or as if with a poleax)
log; lumber (cut lumber, as in woods and forests)
cut (fell by sawing; hew)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They drop the trees
Meaning:
Lose (a game)
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
lose (fail to win)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Pay out
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
spend; expend; drop
Context example:
spend money
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
lay out (spend or invest)
economise; economize; save (spend sparingly, avoid the waste of)
commit; invest; place; put (make an investment)
nickel-and-dime; penny-pinch (spend money frugally; spend as little as possible)
misspend (spend (money or other resources) unwisely)
underspend (spend at less than the normal rate)
trifle away; wanton; wanton away (spend wastefully)
blow (spend lavishly or wastefully on)
afford (be able to spare or give up)
consume; squander; ware; waste (spend extravagantly)
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something on somebody
Meaning:
Lower the pitch of (musical notes)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
flatten; drop
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Hang freely
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
dangle; swing; drop
Context examples:
the ornaments dangled from the tree / The light dropped from the ceiling
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
hang (be suspended or hanging)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
droop; loll (hang loosely or laxly)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sentence example:
The lights drop from the ceiling
Meaning:
Stop associating with
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
send away; send packing; dismiss; drop
Context example:
They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
can; dismiss; fire; force out; give notice; give the axe; give the sack; sack; send away; terminate (terminate the employment of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Let or cause to fall in drops
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
dribble; drip; drop
Context example:
dribble oil into the mixture
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
pour (cause to run)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Get rid of
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
cast off; throw off; shed; shake off; throw away; throw; cast; drop
Context examples:
he shed his image as a pushy boss / shed your clothes
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
exuviate; molt; moult; shed; slough (cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers)
abscise (shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue)
exfoliate (cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters)
autotomise; autotomize (cause a body part to undergo autotomy)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Leave undone or leave out
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
neglect; pretermit; omit; leave out; overleap; overlook; miss; drop
Context examples:
How could I miss that typo? / The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
jump; pass over; skip; skip over (bypass)
forget (forget to do something)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Change from one level to another
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
She dropped into army jargon
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Grow worse
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
degenerate; deteriorate; devolve; drop
Context examples:
Her condition deteriorated / Conditions in the slums degenerated / The discussion devolved into a shouting match
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
decline; worsen (grow worse)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop"):
fatigue; jade; pall; tire; weary (get tired of something or somebody)
fade; languish (become feeble)
rot; waste (waste away)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Give birth; used for animals
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
The cow dropped her calf this morning
Hypernyms (to "drop" is one way to...):
bear; birth; deliver; give birth; have (cause_to_be_born)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
