Word Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 2
"Stock prices dropped"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb
Sense 3
"She dropped into army jargon"
Type of:
change
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 4
"drop a hint"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 5
"The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13"
Type of:
lose
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 6
Type of:
deliver
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 7
to fall vertically
"the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"
Derived:
fall
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb
Sense 8
"Don''t drop the dishes"
Derived:
fall
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 9
"drop him from the Republican ticket"
Type of:
remove
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb
Sense 10
"drop a lawsuit"
"knock it off!"
Kinds of:
nolle pros
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something
noun
Sense 11
"it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"
noun
Sense 12
a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
Type of:
hiding place
Kinds of:
dead drop
Domain:
drug
noun
Sense 13
"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"
noun
Sense 14
Kinds of:
maildrop
noun
Sense 15
"one drop of each sample was analyzed"
"any child with a drop of negro blood was legally a negro"
"there is not a drop of pity in that man"
noun
Sense 16
"he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"
"beads of sweat on his forehead"
Type of:
round shape
Derived:
bead
verb
Sense 17
"The cow dropped her calf this morning"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 18
Opposites:
sharpen
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
music
verb
Sense 19
"strike down a tree"
"Lightning struck down the hikers"
Type of:
cut
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 20
"He sank to his knees"
Type of:
change posture
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
noun
Sense 21
"he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"
"a steep drop"
verb
Sense 22
pay out
"spend money"
Type of:
pay
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
noun
Sense 23
verb
Sense 24
"dribble oil into the mixture"
Type of:
pour
Verb group:
drip
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 25
"Her condition deteriorated"
"Conditions in the slums degenerated"
"The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb
Sense 26
"the ornaments dangled from the tree"
"The light dropped from the ceiling"
Type of:
hang
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb
Sense 27
"How could I miss that typo?"
"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Something is ----ing PP
verb
Sense 28
"They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
29
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
187
Times Searched
3
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