Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
drop (noun)1.
a) (1) the quantity of fluid that falls in one spherical mass
(2) a dose of medicine measured by - drops eye drops for dilating the pupil of the eye
b) a minute quantity or degree of something nonmaterial or intangible
c) a small quantity of drink
d) the smallest practical unit of liquid measure
2.
something that resembles a liquid drop as
a) a pendent ornament attached to a piece of jewelry , also an earring with such a pendant
b) a small globular cookie or candy
3.
a) the act or an instance of - dropping fall
b) a decline in quantity or quality
c) a descent by parachute , also the people or equipment by parachute - dropped
d) a place or central depository to which something (as mail, money, or stolen property) is brought for distribution or transmission , also the act of depositing something at such a place - made the drop
4.
a) the distance from a higher to a lower level or through which something drops
b) a decrease in electric potential
5.
a slot into which something is to be dropped
6.
something that drops, hangs, or falls as
a) a movable plate that covers the keyhole of a lock
b) an unframed piece of cloth stage scenery , also - drop curtain
c) a hinged platform on a gallows
d) a fallen fruit
7.
the advantage of having an opponent covered with a firearm , broadly - advantage superiority usually used in the phrase get the drop on
8.
a move back from the line of scrimmage (as in preparation for making a forward pass) - a quick drop
intransitive verb
1.
to fall in - drops
2.
a) (1) to fall unexpectedly or suddenly
(2) to descend from one line or level to another
b) to fall in a state of collapse or death
c) of a card to become played by reason of the obligation to follow suit
d) of a ball to fall or roll into a hole or basket
3.
to enter or pass as if without conscious effort of will into some state, condition, or activity - dropped into sleep
4.
a) to cease to be of concern - lapse let the matter drop
b) to pass from view or notice - disappear often used with out drop out of sight
c) to become less - production dropped often used with off
5.
transitive verb
to move with a favoring wind or current - usually used with down
1.
to let fall cause to fall
2.
a) - give up abandon drop an idea drop the charges
b) - discontinue dropped what she was doing
c) to break off an association or connection with - dismiss drop a failing student
3.
a) to utter or mention in a casual way - drop a suggestion drop names
b) - write drop us a line soon
4.
a) to lower or cause to descend from one level or position to another
b) to cause to lessen or decrease - reduce dropped his speed
5.
of an animal to give birth to
6.
a) - lose dropped three games dropped $50 in a poker game
b) - spend drop $20 for lunch
c) to get rid of - dropped 20 pounds
7.
a) to bring down with a shot or a blow
b) to cause (a high card) to fall
c) to toss or roll into a hole or basket - drop a putt
8.
a) to deposit or deliver during a usually brief stop - usually used with off drop the kids off at school
b) - air-drop
9.
to cause (the voice) to be less loud
10.
a) to leave (a letter representing a speech sound) unsounded - drop the g in running
b) to leave out in writing - omit
11.
to draw from an external point - drop a perpendicular to the line
12.
to take (a drug) orally - swallow drop acid
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
drop (noun)1.
the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass
SYNONIMS:
bead, blob, driblet, drip, droplet, glob, globuleRELATED WORDS:
gobbet; dewdrop, raindrop, tear, teardrop; spatter; dribble, trickle2.
distance measured from the top to the bottom of something
SYNONIMS:
deepness, dropRELATED WORDS:
lowness; draft, soundingNEAR ANTONYMS:
shallowness; altitude, elevation, height, stature3.
the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude
SYNONIMS:
dip, dive, down, drop, fall, nosedive, plungeRELATED WORDS:
comedown, decline, downfall, downgrade; plummeting, sinkingNEAR ANTONYMS:
advance, headway, progress, progression; betterment, improvement4.
the amount by which something is lessened
SYNONIMS:
abatement, decline, decrement, dent, depletion, depression, diminishment, diminution, drop, drop-off, fall, falloff, loss, reduction, shrinkage, step-downRELATED WORDS:
deduction, subtraction; downturn, slip, slump; curtailment, cut, cutback, retrenchment, shorteningNEAR ANTONYMS:
accretion, accrual, accumulation, addition, supplement; continuation, extension; upswing, uptrend, upturn5.
the more favorable condition or position in a competition
SYNONIMS:
better, bulge, catbird seat, drop, edge, high ground, inside track, jump, pull, stead, upper hand, vantage, whip handRELATED WORDS:
allowance, head start, lead, leg up, margin, odds, start; ascendancy ( ascendency), command, dominance, mastery, predominance, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, transcendency; precedence, preference, prerogative, privilege, seniority; break, foothold, opportunity; benefit, blessing, boon, felicity, godsend, manna, windfallNEAR ANTONYMS:
detriment, stranglehold; disparity, imbalance, inequality, unevenness; disability, failing, impairment, shortcoming; bar, catch, check, clog, crimp, embarrassment, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, rub, shackle, stop, trammel; lurch, setback1.
to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally
SYNONIMS:
depress, lower, throw, throw downRELATED WORDS:
flatten, floor, level; knock down, knock over, strike down, topple; plop, plunk down; bobble, bungle, foozle, fumble; immerse, sink, submerge2.
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
SYNONIMS:
crash, crater, decline, descend, dip, dive, fall, lower, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, sink, skid, tumbleRELATED WORDS:
abate, decrease, de-escalate, die (down), diminish, droop, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, moderate, subside, taper off, wane; recede, retreatNEAR ANTONYMS:
accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon ( bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mushroom, pick up, snowball, swell, wax3.
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
SYNONIMS:
break, break off, break up, can, cease, cut off, cut out, desist (from), discontinue, drop, end, give over, halt, knock off, lay off, leave off, pack (up in), quit, shut offRELATED WORDS:
complete, conclude, finish; close (down); deactivate; block, blockade, dam, delay, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, kibosh, obstruct, stem; call, suspend; arrest, brake, check, clamp down, rein (in), squash, squelch, stamp, stanch ( staunch), stunt, suppress, turn back; pause, stay, suspend; abolish, abort, annul, demolish, destroy, dissolve, kill, ruin, scuttle, snuffNEAR ANTONYMS:
carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep up, run on; advance, proceed, progress; actuate, drive, impel, propel, stir4.
to stop doing (something) permanently
SYNONIMS:
abandon, discontinue, drop, give up, knock off, lay off (of), pack (up in)RELATED WORDS:
break off, break up, cease, close, conclude, end, expire, finish, halt, leave off, shut off; pause, taper off; throw up; round (off out), terminate, wind up, wrap upNEAR ANTONYMS:
go, run on; hang in, hang on, hold on, persevere, persist; follow through (with); renew, reopen, restart, resume; preserve, stay; begin, commence, start5.
to lead or extend downward
SYNONIMS:
decline, dip, drop, fall, plunge, sinkRELATED WORDS:
angle, cant, cock, heel, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tipNEAR ANTONYMS:
even, flatten, level, plane, smooth, straighten6.
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
SYNONIMS:
abandon, abort, call, call off, cry off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, scrap, scrubRELATED WORDS:
abrogate, annul, invalidate, nullify, void, write off; recant, retract, take back, withdraw; countermand, reverse, roll back; break off, discontinue, end, halt, stop, terminate; hold back, interrupt, suspend; give up, relinquish, surrenderNEAR ANTONYMS:
engage, pledge, promise; begin, commence, initiate, start; take on, take up, undertake7.
to bring forth from the womb
SYNONIMS:
birth, deliver, drop, have, mother, produceRELATED WORDS:
labor; breed, multiply, propagate, reproduce, spawn; beget, father, generate, get, sire; calve, kid, kindle, kitten, litter, pup, whelpNEAR ANTONYMS:
abort, lose, miscarry8.
to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall
SYNONIMS:
bowl (down over), down, drop, floor, knock down, knock over, level, mow (down), prostrateRELATED WORDS:
kayo, knock out, KO; overthrow, throw down, topple; bang, bash, belt, bludgeon, clobber, hammer, hit, jab, paste, poke, pound, punch, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, swat, swipe, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale9.
to fail to win, gain, or obtain
SYNONIMS:
dropRELATED WORDS:
forfeitNEAR ANTONYMS:
conquer, prevail (over), triumph (over)10.
to fall or let fall in or as if in drops
SYNONIMS:
distill ( distil), dribble, drop, trickleRELATED WORDS:
drizzle, sprinkle; flow, pour, roll, run, stream; cascade, gutter, riffle, ripple; bleed, exude, ooze, seep, weep; dischargeNEAR ANTONYMS:
gush, spout, spurt11.
to hand over or use up in payment
SYNONIMS:
disburse, drop, expend, fork (over, out, up), give, lay out, outlay, pay, shell outRELATED WORDS:
lavish, rain; blow, dissipate, fritter (away), run through, squander, throw away, wasteNEAR ANTONYMS:
cache, hoard, lay up, save; acquire, earn, gain, garner, make, procure, realize, secure, win12.
to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically
SYNONIMS:
advert (to), cite, drop, instance, name, note, notice, quote, refer (to), specify, touch (on upon)RELATED WORDS:
allude (to), hint (at), imply, indicate, infer, intend, intimate, suggest; point (out), signal, signify; denominate, designate; indicate; bring up, broach, interject, interpolate, interpose, introduce; infiltrate, insinuate, worm; advertise, announce, broadcast, declare, proclaim, pronounce, publicize, publish, sound; clarify, clear (up), elucidate, explain, explicate, spell outNEAR ANTONYMS:
disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over, slight13.
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
SYNONIMS:
abate, de-escalate, dent, deplete, diminish, downscale, downsize, drop, dwindle, ease, knock down, lessen, lower, reduceRELATED WORDS:
compress, condense, constrict, contract; abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, nick, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, whittle; deflate, shrink; minimize; moderate, modify, modulate, qualifyNEAR ANTONYMS:
blow up, dilate, distend, inflate, swell; elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract; add (to), complement, supplement; enhance, heighten, intensify; redouble14.
to stop living
SYNONIMS:
check out, conk (out), croak, decease, demise, depart, drop, end, exit, expire, fall, flatline, go, kick in, kick off, pass (on), pass away, part, peg out, perish, pop off, step out, succumbRELATED WORDS:
predecease; consume, disappear, dry up, fade, failNEAR ANTONYMS:
come to, revive; linger; be, exist, subsist; flourish, prosper, thriveto grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
SYNONIMS:
abate, decline, de-escalate, die (away down out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) rachet (down), recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, waneRELATED WORDS:
compress, condense, constrict, contract; evaporate, fade (away), fritter (away), give out, melt (away), peter (out), tail (off), vanish; slacken, slow (down); alleviate, relax; flag, sink, weaken; cave (in), collapse, deflateNEAR ANTONYMS:
appear, emerge, show up; blow up, distend, elongate, lengthen