Meaning

50 senses
  1. (intransitive)Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.

    tropfen, tröpfeln

    let or cause to fall in drops

  2. (also, figuratively, intransitive)To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.

    A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky.

  3. To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.

    (Internet, also, figuratively, intransitive)Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.

    When you defeat this boss, there's a chance a power-up will drop.

    This item can sometimes drop from chests.

  4. (intransitive)To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.

    Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private!

    If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop, and roll.

    опуска́тьсяopuskátʹsja, опусти́тьсяopustítʹsja

    let fall to the ground

  5. (intransitive)To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.

    zusammenbrechen

    fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death

  6. (intransitive)To fall into a particular condition or state.

    to fall vertically

  7. (intransitive)To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.

    stop associating with

  8. (intransitive)To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.

    The stock dropped 1.5% yesterday.

    We can take our vacation when the price of fuel drops.

  9. To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.

    (intransitive)Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.

    My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2.

    The song, 180 beats per minute, drops to 150 BPM near the end.

    lower the pitch of (musical notes)

  10. (intransitive)Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.

    Billy’s voice dropped suddenly when he turned 12.

  11. (intransitive)To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.

    zurückfallen

    remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

  12. (intransitive)Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.

    Do drop by soon and I’ll lend you that book.

    We’ll drop in on her tomorrow.

    vorbeischauen

Examples

2036 sentences
  1. I'd like to buy eye drops.

    Я хотів би купити краплі для очей.

    ruЯ хотела бы купить глазные капли.

    deIch würde gerne Augentropfen kaufen.

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  2. The number of students is dropping.

    Кількість студентів зменшується.

    ruКоличество студентов уменьшается.

    deDie Zahl der Schüler sinkt.

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  3. The temperature is beginning to drop.

    Температура починає падати.

    deDie Temperatur beginnt zu sinken.

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  4. Please drop me off at the station.

    Висадіть мене біля вокзалу, будь ласка.

    ruВысадите меня у вокзала, пожалуйста.

    deBitte setze mich am Bahnhof ab.

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  5. He dropped his books on the floor.

    Він впустив свої книги на підлогу.

    ruОн уронил свои книги на пол.

    deEr ließ seine Bücher auf den Boden fallen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on):
Русский
By meaning 6
to fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity:
to let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on):
to fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground:
to cease to include, as if on a list — see also dismiss, eject, expel:
to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD):
to fail to write or pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.):
Deutsch
By meaning 11
to fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity:
to decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.:
to let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on):
to fall in drops or droplets:
to collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death:
to fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those in front:
of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment:
to mention (something) casually or incidentally:
to let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner:
to cease to include, as if on a list — see also dismiss, eject, expel:
to fail to write or pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.):

Origin

From Middle English droppen, dropen (“to fall in drops, drip or trickle down; to scatter,

From Middle English droppen, dropen (“to fall in drops, drip or trickle down; to scatter, sprinkle; to be covered with a liquid; to give off moisture; of an object: to drop, fall; of a living being: to fall to the ground”) [and other forms], from Old English droppian, dropian (“to drop”), from Proto-West Germanic *dropōn, from Proto-Germanic *drupōną (“to fall in drops, drip”), ultimately from *dreupaną (“to hang, droop; drop, drip”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to drip, drop”).

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Forms

drops, dropping, dropped, dropped
Base formdrop · to drop
3rd person singulardrops
Present participledropping
Past simpledropped
Past participledropped

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydrop
he, she, itdrops

Past simpleLesson

all personsdropped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dropped
he, she, ithas dropped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill drop

Phrasal verbs

9 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
knock it down
Close in meaning

Word family

61 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • dropped out of
  • drop in on
  • drop in at
  • has dropped out
  • to drop out
  • please drop in
  • a pin drop
  • drop by and
  • drop in to
  • drop by for
  • please drop
  • drop of rain

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
drop — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto