drop
Noun
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is a type of: sphere - a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses)subtypes:
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is a type of: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitudesubtypes:
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subtypes:
- correction - a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
- voltage drop - a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing
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is a type of: formation, geological formation - (geology) the geological features of the earth
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referred to in: drug - a substance that is used as a medicine or narcoticis a type of: hiding place - a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself)subtypes: dead drop - a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information
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is a type of:
- gravitation - movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction
- descent - a movement downward
subtypes:- free fall - the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field
- plunge - a steep and rapid fall
- precipitation - the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
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is a type of: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)same as: drop cloth, drop curtain
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is a type of: deposit, depositary, depository, repository - a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeepingsubtypes: maildrop - a drop where mail can be deposited
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is a type of: descent - the act of changing your location in a downward direction
Verb
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is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sensesubtypes:
- plop - drop something with a plopping sound
- dump - drop (stuff) in a heap or mass
- hang - let drop or droop
- plank down, plonk down, plump down - drop heavily
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is a type of: come down, descend, fall, go down - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the waysubtypes:verb group: drop - let fall to the ground
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is a type of: change posture - undergo a change in bodily posturesubtypes:
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is a type of: remove - remove from a position or an office
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is a type of: express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize - articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
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is a type of: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop - put an end to a state or an activitysubtypes: nol.pros., nolle pros, nolle prosequi - drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court recordssame as: knock off
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is a type of: deliver - bring to a destination, make a deliverysubtypes:
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causes: come down, descend, fall, go down - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the wayis a type of: cut - separate with or as if with an instrumentsubtypes:
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is a type of: lose - fail to win
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is a type of: pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or servicessubtypes:
- consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out - use up (resources or materials)
- consume, squander, ware, waste - spend extravagantly
- afford - be able to spare or give up
- blow - spend lavishly or wastefully on
- trifle away, wanton, wanton away - spend wastefully
- underspend - spend at less than the normal rate
- misspend - spend (money or other resources) unwisely
- nickel-and-dime, penny-pinch - spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
- commit, invest, place, put - make an investment
- economise, economize, save - spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
- lay out - spend or invest
- piddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton, wanton away - waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
- misspend - spend time badly or unwisely
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referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous mannersame as: flatten
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is a type of: hang - be suspended or hanging
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is a type of: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or positionverb group: drop - terminate an association with
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is a type of: pour - cause to runverb group: drip - fall in drops
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is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstractsubtypes:
- exuviate, molt, moult, shed, slough - cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
- abscise - shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue
- exfoliate - cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters
- autotomise, autotomize - cause a body part to undergo autotomy
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is a type of: elide - leave or strike out
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is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
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is a type of: fall - pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
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- Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
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- Verbs of eating and drinking
- Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
- Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
- Verbs of political and social activities and events
- Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
- Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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- Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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