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Webster 1828 Edition


Drops

DROPS

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Verb.
T.
[G.]
1.
To pour or let fall in small portions or globules, as a fluid; to distill.
The heavens shall drop down dew. Deuteronomy 33.
2.
To let fall as any substance; as, to drop the anchor; to drop a stone.
3.
To let go; to dismiss; to lay aside; to quit; to leave; to permit to subside; as, to drop an affair; to drop a controversy; to drop a pursuit.
4.
To utter slightly, briefly or casually; as, to drop a word in favor of a friend.
5.
To insert indirectly, incidentally, or by way of digression; as, to drop a word of instruction in a letter
6.
To lay aside; to dismiss from possession; as, to drop these frail bodies.
7.
To leave; as, to drop a letter at the post office.
8.
To set down and leave; as, the coach dropped a passenger at the inn.
9.
To quit; to suffer to cease; as, to drop an acquaintance.
10.
To let go; to dismiss from association; as, to drop a companion.
11.
To suffer to end or come to nothing; as, to drop a fashion.
12.
To bedrop; to speckle; to variegate, as if by sprinkling with drops; as a coat dropped with gold.
13.
To lower; as, to drop the muzzle of a gun.

Definition 2024


drops

drops

English

Noun

drops

  1. plural of drop

Verb

drops

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of drop

Anagrams


French

Noun

drops m

  1. plural of drop