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To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
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To drip (a liquid).
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The equipment shows how much the glacier has moved and the amount it dropped in height over the summer.
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Generally, to fall (straight down).
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A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky.
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To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
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Don't drop that plate! The police ordered the men to drop their weapons.
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To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
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To lower; to move to a lower position.
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To set down from a vehicle; to deliver or deposit by stopping.
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Could you drop me at the airport on your way to work tomorrow?
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To sink quickly to the ground.
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Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private!
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To fall dead, or to fall in death.
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To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
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To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
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The moderator would drop hints whenever the students struggled.
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To part with or spend (money).
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To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.).
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I'm tired of this subject. Will you just drop it?
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To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
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The stock dropped 1.5% yesterday. We can take our vacation when the price of fuel drops. Watch for the temperature to drop sharply, then you'll know the reaction is complete.
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To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message) in an offhand manner.
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Drop me a note when you get to the city.
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To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
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Make any sudden movements and I will drop you!
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To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
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Cockneys drop their aitches.
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(of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have led to the batsman being out.
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Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball
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To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
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They had never dropped acid.
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To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
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I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée.
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To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
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I've been dropped from the football team.
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To drop out of the betting.
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(rugby football) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
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To impart.
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I drop knowledge wherever I go.
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To release to the public.
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That hacker has been threatening to drop my docs [i.e. publish my personal information].
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To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
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I love it when he drops his funky beats.
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To enter public distribution.
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"Hip-Hop Xmas" dropped in time for the holidays.
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To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
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To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
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I had to drop calculus because it was taking up too much of my time and I couldn't go anymore.
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(fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
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Drop a basket of fries.
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(of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
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Billy's voice dropped suddenly when he turned 12.
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(of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
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My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2.
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(of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
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Do drop by soon and I'll lend you that book.
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To give birth to.
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to drop a lamb
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To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
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(of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.