Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Drop \Drop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dropped}or {Dropt}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Dropping}.] [OE. droppen, AS. dropan, v. i. See
{Drop}, n.]
1. To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules;
to distill. ``The trees drop balsam.'' --Creech.
The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a
tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.
--Sterne.
2. To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a
drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop
a courtesy.
3. To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to
discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.
They suddenly drop't the pursuit. --S. Sharp.
That astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop
you and pick you up again. --Thackeray.
The connection had been dropped many years. -- Sir
W. Scott.
Dropping the too rough H in Hell and Heaven.
--Tennyson.
4. To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in
an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint,
a word of counsel, etc.
5. To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.
6. To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter,
word.
7. To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.
8. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
Show to the sun their waved coats dropped with gold.
--Milton.
{To drop a vessel} (Naut.), to leave it astern in a race or a
chase; to outsail it.
Source : WordNet®
dropped
adj : (used of a mammal) born
drop
n 1: a small quantity (especially of a liquid); "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" [syn: {driblet}]
2: a shape that is small and round; "he studied the shapes of
low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"
[syn: {bead}, {pearl}]
3: 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" [syn: {dip}, {fall}, {free fall}]
4: a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff
overlooking the town"; "a steep drop" [syn: {cliff}, {drop-off}]
5: a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and
distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen
property)
6: a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a
miracle that he survived the drop from that height" [syn:
{fall}]
7: a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from
the flies; often used as background scenery [syn: {drop
curtain}, {drop cloth}]
8: a central depository where things can be left or picked up
9: the act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would
be successful"
[also: {dropping}, {dropped}]
drop
v 1: let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes"
2: to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy
targets"
3: go down in value; "Stock prices dropped"
4: fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his
knees" [syn: {sink}, {drop down}]
5: terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican
ticket"
6: utter casually; "drop a hint"
7: stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"
[syn: {knock off}]
8: leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo; [syn: {set
down}, {put down}, {unload}, {discharge}]
9: cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down
a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" [syn: {fell},
{strike down}, {cut down}]
10: lose (a game); "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13"
11: pay out; "spend money" [syn: {spend}, {expend}]
12: lower the pitch of (musical notes) [syn: {flatten}] [ant: {sharpen}]
13: hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The
light dropped from the ceiling" [syn: {dangle}, {swing}]
14: stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a
child out of wedlock" [syn: {dismiss}, {send packing}, {send
away}]
15: let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the
mixture" [syn: {dribble}, {drip}]
16: get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your
clothes" [syn: {shed}, {cast}, {cast off}, {shake off}, {throw},
{throw off}, {throw away}]
17: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?";
"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
[syn: {neglect}, {pretermit}, {omit}, {miss}, {leave out},
{overlook}, {overleap}] [ant: {attend to}]
18: change from one level to another; "She dropped into army
jargon"
19: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the
slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a
shouting match" [syn: {devolve}, {deteriorate}, {degenerate}]
[ant: {recuperate}]
20: give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this
morning"
[also: {dropping}, {dropped}]
dropped
See {drop}