“dropped” is a form of
drop
UK /dɹɒp/ · US /dɹɑp/ noun, verb
Forms drops dropping dropped dropt droppest droppedst droppeth drap
- noun (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid. “Put three drops of oil into the mixture.”
- noun (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- noun (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1). “ear drops eye drops”
- noun (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything. “My aunt asked for just a drop more tea.”
- noun (chiefly Australia, UK) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage. “He usually enjoys a drop after dinner. She won’t touch a drop while she’s on duty.”
- noun (chiefly UK) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general. “It doesn’t matter where you’re from, anyone who enjoys the drop is a friend of mine.”
- noun (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- noun Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop or piece of licorice; a lozenge.
- verb (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- verb (intransitive, also figuratively) 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.”
- verb (intransitive, online gaming, video games) 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.”
- verb (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground. “Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private!”
- verb (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- verb (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- verb (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- verb (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc. “The stock dropped 1.5% yesterday.”
Synonyms
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Etymology
From Late Middle English droppe, Middle English drope (“small quantity of liquid; small or least amount of something; pendant jewel; dripping of a liquid; a shower; nasal flow, catarrh; speck, spot; blemish; disease causing spots on the skin”) [and other forms], from Old English dropa (“a drop”), from Proto-West Germanic *dropō (“drop (of liquid)”), from Proto-Germanic *drupô (“drop (of liquid)”),, from *dreupaną (“to drip, droop”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to drip, drop”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Droupe, Druppe (“drop”), Dutch drop, drup (“droplet”), German Tropfen (“drop”), German Low German Drüpp (“drop”), Luxembourgish Drëps (“drop”), Vilamovian tropa, troppa (“drop”), Yiddish טראָפּן (tropn, “drop”), Danish dråbe (“drop”), Faroese and Icelandic dropi (“drop”), Norwegian Bokmål dråpe (“drop”), Norwegian Nynorsk drope (“drop”), Swedish droppe (“drop”).
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”).
Cognate with West Frisian drippe (“to drip”), Dutch druipen (“to drip”), German triefen (“to drip”), Yiddish טריפֿן (trifn, “to drip”), Icelandic drjúpa (“to drip”), Norwegian Nynorsk drjupa, drypa, drype (“to drip”), Swedish drypa (“to drip”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water.
- noun That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.
- verb To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill. "The trees drop balsam." Creech.
- verb To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy.
Etymology [OE. drope, AS. dropa; akin to OS. dropo, D. drop, OHG. tropo, G. tropfen, Icel. dropi, Sw. droppe; and Fr. AS. dreópan to drip, drop; akin to OS. driopan, D. druipen, OHG. triofan, G. triefen, Icel. drj. Cf. Drip, Droop.]
Etymology [OE. droppen, AS. dropan, v. i. See Drop, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “drop”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details