drop

drop · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To let something fall or to fall.

  2. 2.

    To decrease or become lower.

  3. 3.

    To stop doing or discussing something.

  4. 4.

    To deliver or leave someone or something.

  5. 5.

    To omit or exclude.

  6. 6.

    A small amount of liquid.

  7. 7.

    A fall or decrease.

  8. 8.

    A vertical distance.

  9. 9.

    Something that falls or hangs.

Related words

Antonyms: increase, lift, rise
See also: decrease, drip, fall

Etymology

From Old English dropa meaning "a drop of liquid," from Proto-Germanic drupo. The verb developed from the noun in Middle English.