drop (original) (raw)
drop verb (TAKE)
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drop noun (FALL)
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(Definition of drop from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
drop | American Dictionary
drop verb (FALL)
drop verb (LOWER)
drop verb (STOP)
He was dropped from (= taken off) the team because of his grades.
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drop noun (SMALL AMOUNT)
drop noun (FALL)
drop noun (REDUCTION)
It’s a drop of over 150 feet from the top of the Niagara Falls.
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(Definition of drop from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of drop
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We find that for zero or moderate surface tension the speed at which a drop or plume rises increases algebraically with time.
The size of the drop leading a plume is roughly proportional to the initial thickness of the layer.
After 12 years, registration and attendance drops so that those pupils who were measured may be less representative of their age group in the community.
Employing the upper bound in turn drops both sets of returns by only 15 per cent.
As noted earlier, three subjects dropped out of the study because of pain and worsening of clinical symptoms.
The drop in recall for verbs and, even more, for adjectives is mostly due to the lack of structural information.
First a straight ascension path, second a circular arc, and finally a straight vertical drop.
Considering now the 45" entry, it is observed that the cavity pressure drop is considerably less than in the vertical and 60" cases.
The size of the drop is virtually independent of surface tension.
There was no significant difference between _drop_-outs and completers on any demographic or clinical variables.
Outside a certain distance between utterances, the coherence drops off and is highly scattered.
This can occur if it is possible for one of the losing candidates to win a seat when the other losing candidate(s) is dropped.
_Drop_-in centres for adolescents: planned to develop existing scheme to include accident prevention.
Each drop of rain changes the form; even the wind and the air itself, invisible to our eyes, etches its presence.
Those who achieved fewer points or dropped out earlier may have experienced more difficulties or had other opinions about the passport.
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Collocations with drop
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As the electrons were the cause of the negative signal, an abrupt drop was present at 1 s corresponding to injection of the fast ions.
It is strange that there isn't a big drop in fuel flow at that point.
Although donor funding for mine clearance is increasing—we all welcome that—it appears that there may not be the corresponding drop in casualties.
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