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Definition of "drop" []

  • The smallest quantity of liquid heavy enough to fall in a spherical mass. See Table at measurement. (noun)
  • A small quantity of a substance. (noun)
  • Liquid medicine administered in drops. (noun)
  • A trace or hint: not a drop of pity. (noun)
  • Something shaped or hanging like a drop. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "drop" in a sentence
  • "To go to sleep naturally we must learn how to drop all the tension of the day and literally _drop_ to sleep like a baby."
  • "Apparently because the typical rain drop is the same size as a radio wave in the 12 GHZ or DISH Network signal."
  • "You could have heard a pin drop from the silence from scottd after being drop-kicked by post #28, Cantvotewell's ACTUAL VOTE AGAINST PROHIBITING ILLEGAL ALIENS from drawing from the economically corrupt, pyramid based, transfer payment ponzi scheme known as Social Security."