drop

1. verb

1)

Eric dropped the box

Syn:

let fall, let go of, lose one's grip on; release, unhand, relinquish

Ant:

lift, hold on to

2)

water drops from the cave roof

Syn:

drip, fall, dribble, trickle, run, plop, leak

3)

a plane dropped out of the sky

Syn:

fall, descend, plunge, plummet, dive, nosedive, tumble, pitch

Ant:

rise

4)

she dropped to her knees

Syn:

fall, sink, collapse, slump, tumble

Ant:

rise

5) informal

I was so tired I thought I would drop

Syn:

collapse, faint, pass out, black out, swoon, keel over; informal conk out

6)

the track drops from the ridge

Syn:

slope downward, slant downward, descend, go down, fall away, sink, dip

Ant:

lift

7)

the exchange rate dropped

Syn:

decrease, lessen, reduce, diminish, depreciate; fall, decline, dwindle, sink, slump, plunge, plummet, drop off

Ant:

increase

8)

you can drop algebra if you wish

Syn:

give up, drop out of, finish with, withdraw from; discontinue, end, stop, cease, halt; abandon, forgo, relinquish, dispense with, have done with; informal pack in, quit

Ant:

take up, continue

9)

he was dropped from the team

Syn:

exclude, discard, expel, oust, throw out, leave out; dismiss, discharge, let go; informal boot out, kick out

Ant:

pick, keep

10)

he dropped his unsuitable friends

Syn:

abandon, desert, throw over; renounce, disown, turn one's back on, wash one's hands of; reject, give up, cast off; neglect, shun; literary forsake

Ant:

keep

11)

he dropped all reference to compensation

Syn:

omit, leave out, eliminate, take out, delete, cut, erase

Ant:

insert, include

12)

the taxi dropped her off

Syn:

deliver, bring, take, convey, carry, transport; leave, unload

Ant:

pick up

13)

drop the gun on the ground

Syn:

put, place, deposit, set, lay, leave; informal pop, plonk

Ant:

pick up

14)

she dropped names

Syn:

mention, refer to, hint at; bring up, raise, broach, introduce; show off

15)

the team has yet to drop a point

Syn:

lose, concede, give away

Ant:

gain, win

2. noun

1)

a drop of water

Syn:

droplet, blob, globule, bead, bubble, tear, dot; informal glob; (drops of water/rain) rare stillicide

2)

it needs a drop of oil

Syn:

small amount, little, bit, dash, spot; dribble, driblet, sprinkle, trickle, splash; dab, speck, smattering, sprinkling, modicum; informal smidgen, tad

Ant:

great deal

3)

a lemon drop

Syn:

candy, lozenge, pastille

4)

a small drop in profits

Syn:

decrease, reduction, decline, falloff, downturn, slump; cut, cutback, curtailment; depreciation

Ant:

increase

5)

I walked to the edge of the drop

Syn:

cliff, abyss, chasm, gorge, gully, precipice; slope, descent, incline

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- drop back

- drop behind

- drop off

- drop out of