Drop

From Fresh Dictionary

1 English
2 Dutch
- 2.1 Noun
  - 2.1.1 Synonyms
3 French
- 3.1 Pronunciation
- 3.2 Noun

English

Verb

to drop (third-person singular simple present drops, present participle dropping, simple past dropped, past participle dropped)

(intransitive): To fall.
A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky.
(intransitive): To fall in value.
The stock dropped 1.5% on the news.
(intransitive): To lower oneself quickly to the ground.
Drop and give me thirty push-ups, Private!
If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop and roll.
To allow to fall.
Don't drop that plate!
To get rid of.
I dropped 10 pounds and an obnoxious fiance.
To eject, to remove.
I've been dropped from the football team.
To fail to respond to an argument.
The affirmative team dropped our arguments about the cost of the plan.
(drug slang) To ingest a hallucinogen, particularly LSD.
They had never dropped acid.
(slang) To impart.
I drop knowledge wherever I go.
To fail to pronounce.
Cockneys drop their h's.

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Translations

fall

Dutch: vallen
Finnish: pudota, tippua
French: tomber

Italian: cadere
Slovak: spadnúť
Swedish: falla
Telugu: పడు, పడిపోవు

fall in value

Dutch: dalen

Finnish: pudota
Swedish: falla
Telugu: పడు, పడిపోవు

lower oneself quickly to the ground

Dutch: (gaan) liggen

Finnish: pudottautua (makuulleen)
Telugu: పడు, పడిపోవు

allow to fall

Dutch: laten vallen
Finnish: pudottaa
French: laisser tomber

Portuguese: largar, deixar cair
Swahili: kuangusha
Swedish: tappa

get rid of See get rid of

eject, remove

Dutch: uistoten, verwijderen

Finnish: pudottaa
Telugu: తొలగించు, వదిలించుకొను

fail to respond to in an argument

slang: to ingest a hallucinogen

slang: impart

fail to pronounce

Dutch: laten vallen

Swedish: tappa

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Noun

Drop (plural Drops)

A fall.
That was a long drop, but fortunately I didn't break any bones.
The space beyond a boundary into which someone or something could fall.
On one side of the road was a 50-meter drop.
(crime) A place where items may be left anonymously for others to collect.
I left the plans at the drop, like you asked.
A small mass of liquid, just large enough to fall away of its own weight.
Put three drops of oil into the mixture.
A small, round sweet/piece of candy.
Lemon drops are delicious.