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Drop
verb (past & past part. dropped or dropt; pres. part. dropping) 1.Let fall to the ground. 4.Fall or descend to a lower place or level. Synonyms: drop down, sink. 5.Terminate an association with. 6.Utter with seeming casualness. "Drop names" 7.Stop pursuing or acting. Synonym: knock off. "Knock it off!" 9.Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow. Synonyms: cut down, fell, strike down. "Lightning struck down the hikers" 12.Lower the pitch of (musical notes). Synonym: flatten. 13.Hang freely. Synonyms: dangle, swing. "The light dropped from the ceiling" 15.Let or cause to fall in drops. Synonyms: dribble, drip. 17.Take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth. 18.Omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing. 20.Change from one level to another. 21.Fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death. 22.Grow worse. Synonyms: degenerate, deteriorate, devolve. "Conditions in the slums degenerated" , "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" 23.Give birth; used for animals. noun 1.A shape that is spherical and small. Synonyms: bead, pearl. "Beads of sweat on his forehead" 2.A small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid). Synonyms: drib, driblet. "A drop of each sample was analyzed" , "There is not a drop of pity in that man" , "Years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet" 3.A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity. Synonyms: dip, fall, free fall. "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" 4.A steep high face of rock. Synonyms: cliff, drop-off. "A steep drop" 5.A predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property). 6.A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity. Synonym: fall. 7.A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery. Synonyms: drop cloth, drop curtain. 8.A central depository where things can be left or picked up. 9.The act of dropping something.
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