DROP


Meaning of DROP in English

I. noun

1.

the quantity of fluid that falls in one spherical mass

a drop of rain

Synonyms: drib, driblet, droplet, globule, gobbet

Related Word: dribble, drip, trickle

2.

Synonyms: particle , crumb, dram, iota, molecule, ounce, shred, smidgen, smitch, speck

3.

Synonyms: dram , ||caulker, jolt, nip, shot, slug, snifter, snort, toothful, tot

4.

Synonyms: descent 4, decline, declivity, dip, fall

5.

Synonyms: descent 1, fall

6.

Synonyms: decline 3, dip, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, falloff, sag, slip, slump

7.

Synonyms: depth 1, deepness

II. verb

1.

Synonyms: fall 2, go down, keel (over), pitch, plunge, slump, topple, tumble

2.

Synonyms: fall 1, descend, lower

Antonyms: mount

3.

Synonyms: plummet , dip, fall, nose-dive, plunge, skid, tumble

Related Word: slide, slip

Contrasted words: rally, rebound; ascend, climb; soar

Antonyms: mount

4.

Synonyms: collapse 2, break down, cave (in), ||flake out, give out, peg out, succumb, wilt

Related Word: backslide, lapse, relapse

5.

Synonyms: die 1, cash in, decease, demise, depart, expire, pass, pass away, pop off, succumb

6.

Synonyms: drip , distill, drib, dribble, trickle, trill, weep

7.

Synonyms: fell 1, bowl (down or over), bring down, down, floor, ground, knock down, lay low, prostrate, throw down

8.

Synonyms: quit 6, leave, resign, terminate

9.

Synonyms: cancel 2, abort, call off, scrub

10.

Synonyms: dismiss 3, ax, boot (out), bounce, ||can, discharge, fire, let out, sack, terminate

11.

Synonyms: lose 2, lose out

12.

Synonyms: lose 1, forfeit, sacrifice

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