drop |
1. n. A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid. | |
Put three drops of oil into the mixture. | |
2. n. The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall. | |
On one side of the road was a 50-foot drop. | |
3. n. A fall, descent; an act of dropping. | |
That was a long drop, but fortunately I didn't break any bones. | |
4. n. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal activity; a drop-off point. | |
I left the plans at the drop, like you asked. | |
The Drop (film title) | |
5. n. An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies by parachute. | |
The delivery driver has to make three more drops before lunch. | |
6. n. (chiefly British, Australian) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage | |
He usually enjoys a drop after dinner. | |
7. n. (chiefly British, when used with the definite article (the drop)) alcoholic spirits in general. | |
It doesn't matter where you're from; anyone who enjoys the drop is a friend of mine. | |
8. n. (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky. | |
9. n. A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge. | |
10. n. (American football) A dropped pass. | |
Yet another drop for the Tiger tight end. | |
11. n. (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back. | |
The Tiger quarterback took a one-step drop, expecting his tight end to be open. | |
12. n. (Rugby football) A drop-kick. | |
13. n. In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference between chest circumference and waist circumference. | |
14. n. (sports) relegation from one division to a lower one | |
15. n. (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies. | |
16. n. (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in tempo, bass, and/or overall tone; also known | |
17. n. (US, banking dated) An unsolicited credit card issue. | |
18. n. The vertical length of a hanging curtain. | |
19. n. That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc. | |
20. n. (architecture) A gutta. | |
21. n. A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's deck; a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet; a curtain which falls in front of a theat | |
22. n. (slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging. | |
23. n. A drop press or drop hammer. | |
24. n. (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger. | |
25. n. (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only. | |
26. n. The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole, that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key. | |
27. v. (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid). | |
28. v. To drip (a liquid). | |
29. v. (intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down). | |
A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky. | |
30. v. (transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow 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. | |
31. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops. | |
32. v. (intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground. | |
Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private! If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop and roll. | |
33. v. (intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death. | |
34. v. (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop. | |
35. v. To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation. | |
The moderator would drop hints whenever the students struggled. She would sometimes drop off to sleep straight after dinner. | |
36. v. (transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money). | |
37. v. To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.). | |
I'm tired of this subject. Will you just drop it? | |
38. v. (intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc. | |
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 comp | |
39. v. To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message). | |
Drop me a note when you get to the city. | |
40. v. 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! | |
41. v. (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.). | |
Cockneys drop their aitches. | |
42. v. (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman being out. | |
Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball | |
43. v. (transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD. | |
They had never dropped acid. | |
44. v. To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose. | |
I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée. | |
45. v. To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list. | |
I've been dropped from the football team. | |
46. v. (Rugby football) To score a goal by means of a drop-kick. | |
47. v. (transitive, slang) To impart. | |
I drop knowledge wherever I go. Yo, I drop rhymes like nobody's business. | |
48. v. (transitive, music, computing, colloquial) To release to the public. | |
They dropped "Hip-Hop Xmas" in time for the holidays. | |
That hacker has been threatening to drop my docs i.e. publish my personal information. | |
49. v. (transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey. | |
That guy can drop the bass like a monster. I love it when he drops his funky beats. | |
50. v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution. | |
"Hip-Hop Xmas" dropped in time for the holidays. | |
51. v. (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note. | |
52. v. To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course. | |
I had to drop calculus because it was taking up too much of my time and I couldn't go anymore. | |
53. v. (transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling. | |
Drop a basket of fries. | |
54. v. To lower; to move to a lower position. | |
55. v. (intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty. | |
Billy's voice dropped suddenly when he turned 12. | |
56. v. (intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality. | |
The song, 180 beats per minute, drops to 150 BPM near the end. My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2. | |
57. v. (intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by. | |
drop by soon; drop in on her tomorrow | |
58. v. To give birth to. | |
to drop a lamb | |
59. v. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop. | |
60. v. (slang) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty. | |
a |
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
4. art. The same; one. | |
We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
Stand a tiptoe. | |
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
Torn a pieces. | |
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
A God’s name. | |
13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
To set the people a worke. | |
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
The times, they are a-changin'. | |
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
Jacob, when he was a dying | |
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
The name of John a Gaunt. | |
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
stitch |
1. n. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. | |
2. n. An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style. | |
cross stitch | |
herringbone stitch | |
3. n. An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise. | |
4. n. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn | |
drop a stitch | |
take up a stitch | |
5. n. An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style. | |
6. n. A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle. | |
7. n. (by extension) Any space passed over; distance. | |
8. n. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle. | |
a stitch in the side | |
9. n. (obsolete) A contortion, or twist. | |
10. n. (colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or dress. | |
to wet every stitch of clothes | |
She didn't have a stitch on. | |
11. n. A furrow. | |
12. v. To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches. | |
to stitch a shirt bosom. | |
13. v. To sew, or unite or attach by stitches. | |
to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet. | |
14. v. (intransitive) To practice/practise stitching or needlework. | |
15. v. (agriculture) To form land into ridges. | |
16. v. To weld together through a series of connecting or overlapping spot welds. | |
17. v. (computing, graphics) To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image. | |
I can use this software to stitch together a panorama. | |
18. v. (more generally) To include, combine, or unite into a single whole. | |