SkyfireDict

dropping   (TTS Sound)

The verb drop has 23 senses

• drop -- (let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes")


• drop -- (to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets")


• drop -- (go down in value; "Stock prices dropped")


• sink, drop, drop down -- (fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees")


• drop -- (terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican ticket")


• drop -- (utter with seeming casualness; "drop a hint"; drop names")


• drop, knock off -- (stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!")


• drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge -- (leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel")


• fell, drop, strike down, cut down -- (cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers")


• drop -- (lose (a game); "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13")


• spend, expend, drop -- (pay out; "spend money")


• flatten, drop -- (lower the pitch of (musical notes))


• dangle, swing, drop -- (hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling")


• dismiss, send packing, send away, drop -- (stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock")


• dribble, drip, drop -- (let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture")


• shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop -- (get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes")


• drop -- (take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth; "She dropped acid when she was a teenager")


• drop -- (omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing; " New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's")


• neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap -- (leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten")


• drop -- (change from one level to another; "She dropped into army jargon")


• drop -- (fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; "shop til you drop")


• devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate -- (grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match")


• drop -- (give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning")

The adj dropping has 1 sense

• dropping, falling -- (coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain")