Meaning of drop In English

• 0 to fall or to allow something to fall:

  • She dropped her keys.

  • I'm always dropping things.

  • Amanda dropped her sunglasses in/into the fountain.

  • The book dropped from/off the shelf.

  • Don't drop it!/Don't let it drop!

  • He dropped dead on the squash court at the age of 43.

  • Just drop me a line when you decide on a date.

  • She dropped a hint that she'd like to come to the party.

• 1 to move to a lower level, or cause something to move to a lower level:

  • The water level in the flooded region has finally begun to drop.

  • The land drops (away) (= slopes down) sharply behind the barrier.

  • We had to drop our prices because of the recession.

• 2 to stop doing or planning something, especially an activity:

  • I'm going to drop yoga and do aerobics instead.

  • Can you drop what you're doing and help me with this report?

  • He's been dropped from the team because of injury.

• 3 to take someone to a particular place, usually in a car, and leave them there:

  • They dropped me off at the main entrance.

  • I dropped him at the library and went shopping.

• 4 to become available for people to buy, listen to, or watch, especially using the internet; to make something available like this:

  • It's an exciting time for her, with the tour starting and the record about to drop.

  • We heard that rapper Dave was about to drop a new album.

• 5 a small round-shaped amount of liquid:

  • I thought I felt a drop of rain.

  • There were little drops of paint on the kitchen floor.

  • I'll have a drop more juice, please.

  • "Would you like some milk?" "Just a drop, please."

  • eye/nose/ear drops

  • fruit/pear drops

  • chocolate drops

• 6 the distance from one thing to something lower:

  • There's a drop of two metres from the window to the ground.

  • The recent drop in magazine subscriptions is causing some concern.

• 7 the act of delivering things such as supplies, medicine, etc., often by dropping them from an aircraft:

  • a food drop

  • The helicopter made a drop of much-needed supplies to the stranded hikers.

• 8 to fall intentionally or unintentionally, or to let something fall:

  • [ T ] She dropped her keys on a table beside the door.

  • [ I ] The book dropped to the floor.

  • [ I ] fig. I was so exhausted that I was ready to drop (= to fall down).

• 9 to move or change to a lower level, or to make something lower or less:

  • [ I ] The temperature dropped nearly 50 degrees in 24 hours.

  • [ T ] We are going to have to drop our prices.

• 10 to stop something you were doing or planning to do:

  • After winning a pay raise, the union dropped its other demands.

  • He was dropped from (= taken off) the team because of his grades.

• 11 a very small amount of a liquid:

  • I just felt a drop of rain.

• 12 the act of falling:

  • the airplane's sudden drop

• 13 a reduction in the amount or level of something:

  • a drop in prices

  • It’s a drop of over 150 feet from the top of the Niagara Falls.

• 14 to become lower in level, value, price, etc.:

  • In November, prices continued to drop while property sale times lengthened.

  • drop dramatically/sharply/significantly

  • drop 10%/10 points/10p, etc. Like-for-like sales dropped 8%.

  • drop by sth The cost of the technology is still high but has dropped by half in the last 6 months.

  • drop to sth The total volume of the country's crude exports dropped to 10.3 million barrels.

  • drop below sth Unemployment may drop below the symbolic 1 million mark before long.

• 15 to reduce something such as a price:

  • Many companies will drop prices in order to get your business.

  • drop sth by £10/10%, etc. The supermarket is dropping the price of its milk by 1p per pint.

  • drop sth to sth After the house had been on the market for six months, the asking price was dropped to £750,000.

• 16 to stop doing or planning something:

  • drop a case/lawsuit/charge

  • drop a plan/idea

• 17 to stop using, making, or providing something:

  • A spokesperson for the airline said that it will drop its flights from Denver to Detroit.

  • The manufacturer recently dropped its distributors in order to sell direct.

• 18 to lose a sum of money in a business or game:

  • One medium-sized investment bank is known to have dropped $10 million on a single over-the-counter derivative trade.

• 19 to put text, a file, a picture, etc. in a particular place on a computer screen using your mouse:

  • Just drag and drop the images into your presentation.

• 20 to make a mistake, especially by doing something in a careless or stupid way:

  • The staffer responsible for finding the right location had dropped the ball.

• 21 a reduction in the level, value, price, etc. of something:

  • a drop in sth Major supermarket chains experienced a drop in sales.

  • a dramatic/major/sharp drop He warned that stocks could take a sharp drop today.

  • a 10%/10 point/10p, etc. drop