drop meaning
EN
[dɹɒp] [dɹɑp] [d͡ʒɹɑp] [-ɒp] 
US WDrop
- Drop, DROP, drops or DROPS may refer to:
- Drop (liquid) or droplet, a small volume of liquid
- Eye drops, saline (sometimes mydriatic) drops used as medication for the eyes
- Drop (unit), a unit of measure of volume
- Falling (physics), or allowing an object to fall
FR drop 
- NounPLdrops
- A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid.
- Put three drops of oil into the mixture.
- The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
- On one side of the road was a 50-foot drop.
- A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
- That was a long drop, but fortunately I didn't break any bones.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal activity; a drop-off point.
- I left the plans at the drop, like you asked.
- The Drop (film title)
- An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies by parachute.
- The delivery driver has to make three more drops before lunch.
- (chiefly Britain) a small amount of an alcoholic beverage; or when used with the definite article (the drop), alcoholic spirits in general.
- He usually enjoys a drop after dinner.
- It doesn't matter where you're from; anyone who enjoys the drop is a friend of mine.
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- Yet another drop for the Tiger tight end.
- (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back.
- The Tiger quarterback took a one-step drop, expecting his tight end to be open.
- (Rugby football) A drop-kick.
- In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference between chest circumference and waist circumference.
- (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in tempo, bass, and/or overall tone; also known as the highlight or climax.
- But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).
- (US, banking, dated) an unsolicited credit card issue.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
- (architecture) A gutta.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's deck; a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet; a curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; etc.
- (slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.
- A drop press or drop hammer.
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.
- A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid.
- VerbSGdropsPRdroppingPT, PPdropped
- (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid).
- (intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down).
- A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky.
- (transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- Don't drop that plate! The police ordered the men to drop their weapons.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
- (intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground.
- Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private! If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop and roll.
- (intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
- (transitive) To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- The moderator would drop hints whenever the students struggled. She would sometimes drop off to sleep straight after dinner.
- (transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money).
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.).
- I'm tired of this subject. Will you just drop it?
- (intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
- This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.
- (transitive) To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).
- Drop me a note when you get to the city.
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
- Cockneys drop their aitches.
- (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman being out.
- Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball
- (transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
- They had never dropped acid.
- (transitive) to dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
- I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée.
- (transitive) to eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
- I've been dropped from the football team.
- (Rugby football) To score.
- (transitive, slang) To impart.
- I drop knowledge wherever I go. Yo, I drop rhymes like nobody's business.
- (transitive, music, colloquial) To release to the public.
- They dropped "Hip-Hop Xmas" in time for the holidays.
- (transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
- That guy can drop the bass like a monster. I love it when he drops his funky beats.
- (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution.
- "Hip-Hop Xmas" dropped in time for the holidays.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (transitive) To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
- I had to drop calculus because it was taking up too much of my time and I couldn't go anymore.
- (transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
- Drop a basket of fries.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
- The 18-year-old Bieber can’t quite pull off the “adult” thing just yet: His voice may have dropped a bit since the days of “Baby,” but it still mostly registers as “angelic,” and veers toward a pubescent whine at times.
- (intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
- The song, 180 beats per minute, drops to 150 BPM near the end. My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2.
- (intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
- He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.
- To give birth to.
- to drop a lamb
- To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
- (slang, of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Initially 17 subjects were enrolled in the study, but 5 subjects dropped out due to discomfort related to the nasoduodenal tube.
- I was finding college too hard, so I dropped science and switched to an easier course.
- We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The news I'm pregnant after so many tries made my husband's jaw drop.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of drop in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Ergative verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Ergative verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "drop" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an ergative verb, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.