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drop
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[ verb ] let fall to the ground
Examples "Don't drop the dishes" Used in print (Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)Glendora dropped a chicken and a flurry of feathers , and went with her through the drizzle , to the storehouse . (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)If someone were to drop a match in here , this place would go_up like a haystack '' . Curt reached_out and dropped Jess 's pistol back into the holster . He dropped his own beside it . (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)`` I 've got her as neat as I can '' , Donovan said , as he dropped the straps of the Seton harness over Greg 's shoulders . |
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[ verb ] to fall vertically
Examples : "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets" Used in print ("Editorials"...)The nuclear war is already being fought , except that the bombs are not being dropped on enemy targets - not_yet . So escalation proceeds , ad_infinitum or , more accurately , until the contestants begin dropping them on each other instead_of on their respective proving_grounds . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)The unfortunate queen mounted the scaffold ; the headsman swung his axe ; the head dropped off ; end of film . (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)In the United_States , most_of the sensors are calibrated by dropping small spheres on their sensitive surfaces . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)The patrol snaked around in back of the cave , approached it from above and dropped in suddenly with wild howls . |
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[ noun ] a shape that is small and round
Examples "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops" "beads of sweat on his forehead" Used in print (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)There is another means which should show the direction and relative value of the stresses in viscoelastic fluids that is not mentioned as_such in the literature , and that is the shape of the suspended drops of low viscosity fluids in shear fields . The relative forces can be calculated from the various radii_of_curvature if we assume : ( A ) The surface_tension is uniform on the surface of the drop . ( D ) Since the shape of the drop conforms_to the force field , it does not appreciably affect the distribution of forces in the fluid . Just as the pressure exerted by surface_tension in a spherical drop is * * f and the pressure exerted by surface_tension on a cylindrical shape is * * f , the pressure exerted by any curved surface is * * f , where �g is the interfacial_tension and * * f and * * f are the two radii_of_curvature . There are no data published in the literature on the shape of low viscosity drops to confirm the above formulas . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a small quantity (especially of a liquid)
Synonyms Examples "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" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)I did n't smell a drop of liquor , and we did n't have a_bit of trouble '' . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Carroll diagnosed Mrs._Hull by taking a drop of blood from her ear and putting it on his `` radionic '' machine and twirling some knobs ( fee $ 50 ) . (M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)One drop of each sample was added to one drop of a 2 % suspension of group * * f or group B red_cells in a small * * f test_tube . One drop of each sample was added to one drop of a 2 % suspension of group * * f or group B red_cells in a small * * f test_tube . (A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)Some of them were then covered with a drop of * * f in a moist chamber at 24 ` for 30 - 40 minutes . |
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[ verb ] fall or drop to a lower place or level
Examples "He sank to his knees." Used in print (Samuel Elkin, "The Ball Player," Nugget, 6: 5...)He got back into the batter's_box and on the next pitch dropped into the dirt again . |
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[ verb ] utter casually
Examples "drop a hint" Used in print (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)He immediately rode on to Cheyenne , threw a ten day drinking spree and dropped some very strong hints among friends . Related terms |
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[ verb ] terminate an association with
Examples "drop him from the Republican ticket" Used in print (Public Papers of the Presidents of the U.S. D. D....)Similar restrictions on the strength of the Army National_Guard contained in the 1960 Department_of_Defense Appropriation_Act should likewise be dropped . |
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[ verb ] stop pursuing or acting
Synonyms Examples "drop a lawsuit" "knock it off!" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)He dropped his earlier and delightful hamming , which is about the only way to handle the old war_horse called `` Charley's_Aunt '' , and let himself go_with as an appealing an `` Amy '' as anybody could ask . Related terms |
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[ verb ] leave or unload, esp. of passengers or cargo;
Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)The Bears added two more in the fifth when McAuliffe dropped a double into the leftfield corner , Paschal doubled down the rightfield line and Cooke singled off Phil_Shartzer 's glove . |
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[ verb ] of games, in sports
Examples : "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)The Orioles tonight retained the distinction of being the only winless team among the eighteen Major-League_clubs as they dropped their sixth straight spring exhibition decision , this one to the Kansas_City Athletics by a score of 5 to 3 . (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)The club that overcame the worst start in a comparable period to win the pennant was New_York 's '51 Giants , who dropped 11 of their first 13 . |
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[ verb ] cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
Synonyms Examples "strike down a tree" "Lightning struck down the hikers" Used in print (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)Two more shots followed in quick succession , dropping him limp and huddled on the ground . |
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[ noun ] a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
Examples "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" Used in print (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)As early as 1913 Ghoreyeb and Karsner demonstrated with perfusion studies in dogs that bronchial_artery flow would remain constant at a certain low level when pressure was maintained in the pulmonary_artery and vein , but that increases in bronchial_artery flow would occur in response to a relative drop in pulmonary_artery pressure . Related terms |
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[ verb ] pay out
Examples "spend money" Used in print (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)`` We know Penny spent some - and Carmer must have dropped a_few dollars getting that load on '' . |
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[ verb ] give birth; used for animals
Examples "The cow dropped her calf this morning" Related terms |
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[ verb ] grow worse
Synonyms Examples "Her condition deteriorated" "Conditions in the slums degenerated" "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" Related terms recuperate worsen tire age languish waste degeneracy deterioration |
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[ noun ] a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
Examples "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a central depository where things can be left or picked up
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[ verb ] (work) stop associating with
Synonyms Examples "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
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[ noun ] a steep high face of rock
Examples "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town" "a steep drop" Related terms |
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[ verb ] change from one level to another
Examples "She dropped into army jargon" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (theater) a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
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[ noun ] the act of dropping something
Examples "they expected the drop would be successful" Related terms |
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