Word: drop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *druppōną Proto-West Germanic *dropōn Old English dropian Middle English droppen English drop From Middle English droppen, dropen (“to fall in drops, drip or trickle down; to scatter, sprinkle; to be covered with a liquid; to give off moisture; of an object: to drop, fall; of a living being: to fall to the ground”) [and other forms], from Old English droppian, dropian (“to drop”), from Proto-West Germanic *dropōn, from Proto-Germanic *drupōną (“to fall in drops, drip”), ultimately from *dreupaną (“to hang, droop; drop, drip”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to drip, drop”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian drippe (“to drip”), Dutch druipen (“to drip”), German triefen (“to drip”), Yiddish טריפֿן (trifn, “to drip”), Icelandic drjúpa (“to drip”), Norwegian Nynorsk drjupa, drypa, drype (“to drip”), Swedish drypa (“to drip”). Pronunciation: /dɹɒp/, /dɹɑp/, [dɹɑp], [d͡ʒɹɑp] 1. Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets. Labels: intransitive Example: The kindlye dewe drops from the higher tree, / And wets the little plants that lowly dwell. 2. To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid. Labels: also, figuratively, intransitive Example: A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky. 3. To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid. Labels: Internet, also, figuratively, intransitive Example: When you defeat this boss, there's a chance a power-up will drop. Example: This item can sometimes drop from chests. 4. To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground. Labels: intransitive Example: Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private! Example: If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop, and roll. 5. To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death. Labels: intransitive Example: Nothing, ſays Seneca, is ſo melancholy a circumſtance in human life, or ſo ſoon reconciles us to the thought of our own death, as the reflection and prospect of one friend after another dropping round us! 6. To fall into a particular condition or state. Labels: intransitive 7. To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop. Labels: intransitive Example: When he again found privacy consistent, however—and it happened to be long in coming—he took up their conversation very much where it had dropped. 8. To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc. Labels: intransitive Example: The stock dropped 1.5% yesterday. Example: We can take our vacation when the price of fuel drops. 9. To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc. Labels: intransitive Example: My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2. Example: The song, 180 beats per minute, drops to 150 BPM near the end. 10. To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc. Labels: intransitive Example: Billy’s voice dropped suddenly when he turned 12. Example: The 18-year-old [Justin] Bieber can’t quite pull off the “adult” thing just yet: His voice may have dropped a bit since the days of “Baby,” but it still mostly registers as “angelic,” and veers toward a pubescent whine at times. 11. To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front. Labels: intransitive 12. Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment. Labels: intransitive Example: Do drop by soon and I’ll lend you that book. Example: We’ll drop in on her tomorrow. 13. Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: The album Hip-Hop Xmas dropped in time for the holidays. 14. To drop out of the betting. Labels: intransitive Example: But more important, if I dropped, Marty would have won the hand automatically. 15. Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty. Labels: informal, intransitive 16. To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: The heavens […] dropped at the presence of God. 17. To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts. Labels: transitive Example: The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever. Example: persons, dropping sweat-drops or blood-drops 18. To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). Labels: also, ergative, figuratively, transitive Example: Don’t drop that plate! The police ordered the men to drop their weapons. Example: But signalman Bridges was never to answer driver Gimbert's desperate question. A deafening, massive blast blew the wagon to shreds, the 44 high-explosive bombs exploding like simultaneous hits from the aircraft they should have been dropped from. The station was instantly reduced to bits of debris, and the line to a huge crater. 19. To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). Labels: Internet, also, ergative, figuratively, transitive Example: The monsters drop health pickups when killed. Example: When opened, these chests have a chance to drop powerful items. 20. To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower. Labels: transitive Example: The stare seemed to abash Poirot. He dropped his eyes and began fiddling with the papers in front of him. 21. To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower. Labels: transitive 22. To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower. Labels: transitive Example: Drop a basket of fries. 23. To reduce; to make smaller. Labels: transitive Example: Here is a simple example: suppose you are in the process of writing a 15-page proposal and at a certain point you decide that, in order to fit all your material, you want to drop the font size from 12 to 11. 24. Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg). Labels: transitive Example: to drop a lamb 25. To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation. Labels: transitive Example: The lecturer would drop hints whenever the students struggled. Example: name drop 26. To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner. Labels: transitive Example: As she had a free moment, she dropped her a text. Example: Drop me a note when you get to the city. 27. To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill. Labels: transitive Example: Make any sudden movements and I will drop you! Example: That gang rules the streets, dropping opponents with guns, bombs and other weapons. 28. To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off. Labels: transitive Example: Could you drop me at the airport on your way to work tomorrow? Example: I’ll be dropping the parcel at your place later. 29. To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume. Labels: transitive 30. To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume. Labels: transitive 31. To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: I’m tired of this subject. Will you just drop it? Example: They suddenly dropt the pursuit. 32. To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove. Labels: transitive Example: I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée. 33. To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel. Labels: transitive Example: I’ve been dropped from the football team. Example: If Carly Telford’s replacement of Karen Bardsley, because of a hamstring injury, was enforced, the switch to 4-4-1-1 was not. This new-look configuration saw Rachel Daly deployed in front of Lucy Bronze down the right, Toni Duggan and Fran Kirby dropped, Beth Mead introduced on the left and Nikita Parris moved up front. 34. To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project). Labels: transitive Example: I had to drop calculus because it was taking up too much of my time. Example: The specialists she had taken her daughter to see attributed her collection of symptoms to the lingering effect of the many concussions she suffered playing sports. She had at least one concussion every year since she was in the fourth grade. Because of her frequent head injuries, her parents made her drop all her sports. 35. To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money). Labels: slang, transitive Example: My friends went to the football game, but I skipped, as I had just dropped a lot of money on a new bike wheel. Example: The question was: Who put the most in the collection box? The wealthy guy, who dropped a “C” note, or the tattered old dame who parted with her last tarnished penny. 36. To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.). Labels: slang, transitive 37. To impart (something). Labels: slang, transitive Example: I drop knowledge wherever I go. 38. Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD). Labels: slang, transitive 39. To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: They dropped the album Hip-Hop Xmas in time for the holidays. Example: That hacker has been threatening to drop my docs [i.e. publish my personal information]. 40. To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: Cockneys drop their aitches. 41. To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey. Labels: transitive Example: I love it when he drops his funky beats. Example: That guy can drop the bass like a monster. 42. To perform (rap music). Labels: transitive Example: Yo, I drop rhymes like nobody’s business. 43. To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.). Labels: transitive 44. Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught. Labels: transitive Example: Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball. 45. To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick. Labels: transitive 46. To cover (something) with or as if with drops, especially of a different colour; to bedrop, to variegate. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: their waved coats dropped with gold 47. To enter a more basic interface. Labels: intransitive Example: Next, you drop to a shell. 48. To present (the user) with a more basic interface. Labels: transitive Example: The next step drops the user to a recovery shell. 49. To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment. Labels: Singapore, US, ergative, slang Example: Drop and give me 20, now! 50. To bring a check to a table. Labels: slang, transitive