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