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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Drop \Drop\, n. [OE. drope, AS. dropa; akin to OS. dropo, D.
     drop, OHG. tropo, G. tropfen, Icel. dropi, Sw. droppe; and
     Fr. AS. dre['o]pan to drip, drop; akin to OS. driopan, D.
     druipen, OHG. triofan, G. triefen, Icel. drj?pa. Cf. Drip,
     Droop.]
     1. 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.
  
              With minute drops from off the eaves. --Milton.
  
              As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my
              sad heart.                            -- Shak.
  
              That drop of peace divine.            --Keble.
  
     2. 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.
  
     3. (Arch.)
        (a) Same as Gutta.
        (b) Any small pendent ornament.
  
     4. Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an
        elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering
        something; as:
        (a) A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that
            part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he
            is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself.
        (b) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages,
            coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck.
        (c) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.
        (d) A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage
            of a theater, etc.
        (e) A drop press or drop hammer.
        (f) (Mach.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the
            base of a hanger.
  
     5. pl. Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops;
        as, lavender drops.
  
     6. (Naut.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied
        to the courses only. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
     7. Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.
  
     Ague drop, Black drop. See under Ague, Black.
  
     Drop by drop, in small successive quantities; in repeated
        portions. ``Made to taste drop by drop more than the
        bitterness of death.'' --Burke.
  
     Drop curtain. See Drop, n., 4.
        (d) .
  
     Drop forging. (Mech.)
        (a) A forging made in dies by a drop hammer.
        (b) The process of making drop forgings.
  
     Drop hammer (Mech.), a hammer for forging, striking up
        metal, etc., the weight being raised by a strap or similar
        device, and then released to drop on the metal resting on
        an anvil or die.
  
     Drop kick (Football), a kick given to the ball as it
        rebounds after having been dropped from the hands.
  
     Drop lake, a pigment obtained from Brazil wood. --Mollett.
  
     Drop letter, a letter to be delivered from the same office
        where posted.
  
     Drop press (Mech.), a drop hammer; sometimes, a dead-stroke
        hammer; -- also called drop.
  
     Drop scene, a drop curtain on which a scene is painted. See
        Drop, n., 4.
        (d) .
  
     Drop seed. (Bot.) See the List under Glass.
  
     Drop serene. (Med.) See Amaurosis.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Drop \Drop\, v. i.
     1. To fall in drops.
  
              The kindly dew drops from the higher tree, And wets
              the little plants that lowly dwell.   --Spenser.
  
     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.                               --H. Spencer.
  
              When the sound of dropping nuts is heard. --Bryant.
  
     3. To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
  
              The heavens . . . dropped at the presence of God.
                                                    --Ps. lxviii.
                                                    8.
  
     4. To fall dead, or to fall in death.
  
              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. --Digby.
  
     5. To come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the
        affair dropped. --Pope.
  
     6. To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old
        friend dropped in a moment. --Steele.
  
              Takes care to drop in when he thinks you are just
              seated.                               --Spectator.
  
     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.                             --Collier.
  
     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.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Drop \Drop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Droppedor Dropt; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Dropping.] [OE. droppen, AS. dropan, v. i. See
     Drop, n.]
     1. To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules;
        to distill. ``The trees drop balsam.'' --Creech.
  
              The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a
              tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.
                                                    --Sterne.
  
     2. 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.
  
     3. To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to
        discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.
  
              They suddenly drop't the pursuit.     --S. Sharp.
  
              That astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop
              you and pick you up again.            --Thackeray.
  
              The connection had been dropped many years. -- Sir
                                                    W. Scott.
  
              Dropping the too rough H in Hell and Heaven.
                                                    --Tennyson.
  
     4. To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in
        an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint,
        a word of counsel, etc.
  
     5. To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.
  
     6. To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter,
        word.
  
     7. To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.
  
     8. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
  
              Show to the sun their waved coats dropped with gold.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     To drop a vessel (Naut.), to leave it astern in a race or a
        chase; to outsail it.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Gutta \Gut"ta\, n.; pl. Gutt[AE]. [L.]
     1. A drop.
  
     2. (Arch.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a
        frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the
        triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in
        the Doric order; -- called also campana, and drop.
  
     Gutta serena [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.),
        amaurosis.
  
     Gutt[ae] band> (Arch.), the listel or band from which the
        gutt[ae] hang.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :


  drop
       n 1: a small quantity (especially of a liquid); "one drop of each
            sample was analyzed"; "any child with a drop of negro
            blood was legally a negro"; "there is not a drop of pity
            in that man" [syn: driblet]
       2: a shape that is small and round; "he studied the shapes of
          low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"
          [syn: bead, pearl]
       3: a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57
          points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in
          pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices";
          "when that became known the price of their stock went into
          free fall" [syn: dip, fall, free fall]
       4: a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff
          overlooking the town"; "a steep drop" [syn: cliff, drop-off]
       5: a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and
          distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen
          property)
       6: a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a
          miracle that he survived the drop from that height" [syn:
          fall]
       7: a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from
          the flies; often used as background scenery [syn: drop
          curtain, drop cloth]
       8: a central depository where things can be left or picked up
       9: the act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would
          be successful"
       v 1: let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes"
       2: to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy
          targets"
       3: go down in value; "Stock prices dropped"
       4: fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his
          knees" [syn: sink, drop down]
       5: terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican
          ticket"
       6: utter casually; "drop a hint"
       7: stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"
          [syn: knock off]
       8: leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo; [syn: set
          down, put down, unload, discharge]
       9: cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down
          a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" [syn: fell,
          strike down, cut down]
       10: lose (a game); "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13"
       11: pay out; "spend money" [syn: spend, expend]
       12: lower the pitch of (musical notes) [syn: flatten] [ant: sharpen]
       13: hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The
           light dropped from the ceiling" [syn: dangle, swing]
       14: stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a
           child out of wedlock" [syn: dismiss, send packing, send
           away]
       15: let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the
           mixture" [syn: dribble, drip]
       16: get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your
           clothes" [syn: shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw,
            throw off, throw away]
       17: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?";
           "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
           [syn: neglect, pretermit, omit, miss, leave out,
            overlook, overleap] [ant: attend to]
       18: change from one level to another; "She dropped into army
           jargon"
       19: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the
           slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a
           shouting match" [syn: devolve, deteriorate, degenerate]
           [ant: recuperate]
       20: give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this
           morning"
       [also: dropping, dropped]

From English-Welsh Freedict dictionary :


  drop [drɔp]
       cwympo, syrthio

From English-Welsh Freedict dictionary :


  drop [drɔp]
       cwympo, syrthio

From eng-afr :


  drop
       afval

From eng-afr :


  drop
       val, afval
       verminder

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary :


  Drop
  
  القطرة

From English-Croatian Freedict Dictionary :


  drop
  
  baciti, curiti, ispustiti, ispustiti iz ruke, izbacivanje, iznenada posjetiti, kap, kapati, kaplja, kapljica, opasti, spustiti, spuštati