drop

drop: \ \ [OE] Drop, droop, and drip are closely related. Droop [13] was borrowed from Old Norse drūpa, which came from a Germanic base *drūp-. A variant of this, *drup-, produced Middle Danish drippe, the probable source of English drip [15], and a further variant, *drop-, lies behind Old English dropa, ancestor of modern English drop. All three go back ultimately to a prehistoric Indo-European *dhreub-, source of Irish drucht ‘dew’.

\ \ The English noun originally meant ‘globule of liquid’, and its related verb ‘fall in drops’. The main modern transitive sense, ‘allow to fall’, developed in the 14th century, giving English a single word for the concept of ‘letting fall’ not shared by, for example, French and German, which have to use phrases to express it: respectively, laisser tomber and fallen lassen.

\ \ Cf.⇒ DRIP, DROOP

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Globule, Distil, send down or let fall in drops, Distil, fall in drops, drip / Ear-ring, pendant, Lower, sink, depress, let down, let fall, let go, Fall suddenly / Small quantity, very little, least bit, Leave, quit, forsake, desert, relinquish, abandon, forswear, give up, give over, omit, Cease, come to an end, come to nothing / Discontinue, intermit, remit, cease, desist from, break off, leave off, lay aside / Bedrop, spot, speckle, variegate / Utter (casually), let fall, insert or state in passing, write or send informally

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Drop — (dr[o^]p), n. [OE. drope, AS. dropa; akin to OS. dropo, D. drop, OHG. tropo, G. tropfen, Icel. dropi, Sw. droppe; and Fr. AS. dre[ o]pan to drip, drop; akin to OS. driopan, D. druipen, OHG. triofan, G. triefen, Icel. drj[=u]pa. Cf. {Drip},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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drop — goal [ drɔpgol ] n. m. • 1892; mot angl., de to drop « tomber » et goal « but » ♦ Anglic. Rugby Coup de pied donné dans le ballon juste après le rebond. Des drop goals. Abrév. cour. DROP . Tenter le drop. Des drops. ● drop nom masculin … Encyclopédie Universelle
drop — ► VERB (dropped, dropping) 1) fall or cause to fall. 2) sink to the ground. 3) make or become lower, weaker, or less. 4) abandon or discontinue. 5) (often drop off) set down or unload (a passenger or goods) … English terms dictionary
drop — [dräp] n. [ME drope < OE dropa, akin to ON drūpa, DROOP, Ger triefen: for IE base see DRIP] 1. a small quantity of liquid that is somewhat spherical, as when falling 2. a very small quantity of liquid 3. [pl.] liquid medicine taken or applied… … English World dictionary
Drop — Drop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dropped}or {Dropt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dropping}.] [OE. droppen, AS. dropan, v. i. See {Drop}, n.] 1. To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill. The trees drop balsam. Creech. [1913 Webster] The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Drop — Drop, v. i. 1. To fall in drops. [1913 Webster] The kindly dew drops from the higher tree, And wets the little plants that lowly dwell. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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drop-in — /drop in /, n. 1. Informal. Also, dropper in. a person who or thing that pays an unexpected or uninvited visit: a feeder for squirrels, raccoons, and other drop ins. 2. Informal. a social gathering at which the guests are not expected to stay… … Universalium

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