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verb

Drop v. i.

1.

To fall in drops. "The kindly dew drops from the higher tree, And wets the little plants that lowly dwell."

2.

To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips. "Mutilations of which the meaning has dropped out of memory." "When the sound of dropping nuts is heard."

3.

To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops. "The heavens... dropped at the presence of God."

4.

To fall dead, or to fall in death; as, dropping like flies. "Nothing, says Seneca, so soon reconciles us to the thoughts of our own death, as the prospect of one friend after another dropping round us."

5.

To come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the affair dropped.

6.

To come unexpectedly; with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment. "Takes care to drop in when he thinks you are just seated."

7.

To fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the spear dropped a little.

8.

To fall short of a mark. (R.) "Often it drops or overshoots by the disproportion of distance."

9.

To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her main topsail drops seventeen yards.

To drop astern (Naut.), to go astern of another vessel; to be left behind; to slacken the speed of a vessel so as to fall behind and to let another pass a head.

To drop down (Naut.), to sail, row, or move down a river, or toward the sea.

To drop off, to fall asleep gently; also, to die. (Colloq.)

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"Drop down" Quotes from Famous Books

... the discussion took a more practical turn from the fact that our provisions had run so low that we had put ourselves on half rations. As we did not believe it desirable nor healthy to drop down to an exclusively game diet, it would soon become necessary to go for more ...

— Gold • Stewart White

... to want to. She says the idea of its bein' suthin' to eat in the woods is surely most new to her an' she ain't sure she wants to eat in the woods anyhow. She says there's always flies an' mosquitoes in the woods an' she's passed the age o' likin' to drop down anywhere, an' jump up any time, years ago. As for cookin' in the woods she says that part of Elijah's editorial is too much for every one. She says she never hear of roastin' a ox whole in a pit in her life; she says how is the ox to be got into the ...

— Susan Clegg and a Man in the House • Anne Warner

... feathers. Their eggs were well tasted enough, and though the birds themselves had a fishy flavour, hunger made them acceptable. They were easily taken, for when small fires were kindled to attract their notice, they would drop down faster than the people could seize them. For two months together, it is said, that not less than from two to three thousand of these birds were taken every night, so that it was with reason that the starving population ...

— Australia, its history and present condition • William Pridden

... children, 'we are weary, And we cannot run or leap: If we cared for any meadows, it were merely To drop down in them and sleep.' ...

— An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England • Edward Potts Cheyney

... water. Those swan will all begin to trumpet an' fly off together, an' they'll carry Wiesacajac with them. Now he'll let them fly until they come right near where those two hongree boy an' girl is sit, an' going for starve. Then he'll drop down an' tie the end of hees babiche to a strong bush. Voila! Those whole flock of swan is tie' fast to camp. None but Wiesacajac can do ...

— The Young Alaskans on the Trail • Emerson Hough

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