English Dictionary

drop

/dɹɒp/

verb

(intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets. / (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.

I will drop you off at the airport.

意味（1）

(intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.

The kindlye dewe drops from the higher tree, / And wets the little plants that lowly dwell.

意味（2）

(intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.

A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.

Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private!

意味（4）

(intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.

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!

意味（5）

(intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.

意味（6）

(intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.

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.

意味（7）

(intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.

My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2.

意味（8）

(intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.

Billy’s voice dropped suddenly when he turned 12.

意味（9）

(intransitive) 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.

意味（10）

(intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.

Do drop by soon and I’ll lend you that book.

意味（11）

(intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.

The album Hip-Hop Xmas dropped in time for the holidays.

意味（12）

(intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.

But more important, if I dropped, Marty would have won the hand automatically.

意味（13）

(intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.

意味（14）

(intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.

The heavens […] dropped at the presence of God.

意味（15）

(transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.

The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.

意味（16）

(transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).

Don’t drop that plate! The police ordered the men to drop their weapons.

意味（17）

To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.

意味（18）

(cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.

Drop a basket of fries.

意味（19）

(transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.

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意味（20）

(transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).

to drop a lamb

意味（21）

(transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.

The lecturer would drop hints whenever the students struggled.

意味（22）

(transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.

As she had a free moment, she dropped her a text.

意味（23）

(transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.

Make any sudden movements and I will drop you!

意味（24）

(transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.

Could you drop me at the airport on your way to work tomorrow?

意味（25）

(transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.

意味（26）

(transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.

意味（27）

(transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).

I’m tired of this subject. Will you just drop it?

意味（28）

(transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.

I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée.

意味（29）

(transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.

I’ve been dropped from the football team.

意味（30）

(transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).

I had to drop calculus because it was taking up too much of my time.

意味（31）

To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).

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.

意味（32）

To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).

意味（33）

To impart (something).

I drop knowledge wherever I go.

意味（34）

Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).

意味（35）

(transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.

They dropped the album Hip-Hop Xmas in time for the holidays.

意味（36）

(transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).

Cockneys drop their aitches.

意味（37）

To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.

I love it when he drops his funky beats.

意味（38）

To perform (rap music).

Yo, I drop rhymes like nobody’s business.

意味（39）

(originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).

意味（40）

(cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.

Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball.

意味（41）

(rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.

意味（42）

(transitive, archaic) To cover (something) with or as if with drops, especially of a different colour; to bedrop, to variegate.

their waved coats dropped with gold

意味（43）

(intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.

drop to a shell

意味（44）

(transitive, computing) To present the user with a more basic interface.

You are being dropped to a recovery shell.