to drop

Definition von to drop im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: To release to the public
They dropped Hip-Hop Xmas in time for the holidays.; To spend (money)
I forked over the $19.25. I was in no position to be dropping twenties like gumdrops but I deserved something good from this crappy morning.; a small amount of an alcoholic beverage; or when used with the definite article (the drop), alcoholic spirits in general
It doesn't matter where you're from; anyone who enjoys the drop is a friend of mine.; To swallow, as in ingesting a hallucinogen, particularly LSD
They had never dropped acid.; A fall, descent; an act of dropping
That was a long drop, but fortunately I didn't break any bones.; To allow to fall, either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on
The police ordered the men to drop their weapons.; To cease concerning oneself over; to stop discussing with someone
I'm tired of this subject. Will you just drop it?.; To express or utter casually or incidentally; to casually mention, usually in conversation, sometimes to give an impression of knowledge, ownership, membership, notoriety, or status. See also name-drop
The moderator would drop hints whenever the students struggled.; To kill, usually by gunshot, especially in reference to big game hunting; or, sometimes, to knock down; to render unconscious
With a quick clench of the fist on Joey's throat, Bodie dropped him. The man crumpled to the ground.; To write and send (as a letter or message). ''See also drop (someone) a line
Drop me a note when you get to the city.; To fail to respond to (an argument)
The affirmative team dropped our arguments about the cost of the plan.; To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc
Watch for the tempurature to drop sharply, then you'll know the reaction is complete.; To enter public distribution
Hip-Hop Xmas dropped in time for the holidays.; A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge; A single measure of whisky; To get rid of; to eject; to remove; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list
I've been dropped from the football team.; To lower oneself quickly to the ground
If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop and roll.; In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference between chest circumference and waist circumference; Any item dropped by defeated enemies; {v} to fall in drops, fall, let fall, utter slightly, quit, come, vanish, sink into silence, die; {n} a small quantity of a liquid, an earring; A dropped pass; To fall; 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; Short for drop-back or drop back; To come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the affair dropped; almost a zone defense, where the defensive players drop back to help protect the center of the pool and help block shots The ball carrier must be pressured to force a bad pass or hurried shot; emphasis To drop is used in expressions such as to be about to drop and to dance until you drop to emphasize that you are exhausted and can no longer continue doing something. She looked about to drop; To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb; leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo; to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"; To come unexpectedly; with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment; A defense in which players drop back to protect the center of the pool and attempt to block passes and shots; A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, i.e. a lemon drop; a lozenge; to a ship's deck; cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"; If you drop something, you accidentally let it fall. I dropped my glasses and broke them; If you drop a game or part of a game in a sports competition, you lose it. Oremans has yet to drop a set; Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something 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; grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"; A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc; If you want someone to drop the subject, drop it, or let it drop, you want them to stop talking about something, often because you are annoyed that they keep talking about it. Mary Ann wished he would just drop it; To fall in drops; leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"; To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop; If you drop a hint, you give a hint or say something in a casual way. If I drop a few hints he might give me a cutting; To casually mention, usually in conversation, to give an impression of knowledge, ownership or membership; To fail to pronounce; To impart; to cease bidding when there are only two people who are still bidding The bid is said to be "dropped on" the unfortunate soul who has taken the bid Generally used only when the aforementioned person appears unable to make the bid ("It was dropped on me!"); go down in value; "Stock prices dropped"; A player who is offered a double may refuse, in which case he concedes the game and pays one point Otherwise, he must accept the double and play on for the new higher stakes; The drop cable is a connection cable between the MDF and the splitter in an exchange, or between two areas of the same MDF; A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet; A student may, prior to the specified deadline, drop a course Dropped courses do not appear on a student's transcript; An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies by parachute; A drop of a liquid is a very small amount of it shaped like a little ball. In informal English, you can also use drop when you are referring to a very small amount of something such as a drink. a drop of blue ink I'll have another drop of that Italian milk; get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"; To fall short of a mark; To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit; a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop"; 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; To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill; When a ball must be lifted under penalty or otherwise, the player, standing erect, holds the ball at arm's length and shoulder height and drops it making sure that it does not land any nearer the hole; 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; To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc; A procedure by which a course is deleted from a student's schedule so the course does not appear on the student's permanent academic record A student may drop a course early in a term; this procedure must be completed by the date indicated in each academic term's Schedule of Classes An administrative office may drop students from courses in which they are not eligible to enroll See also Withdrawal; 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"; {i} small globule of liquid, drip; very small amount; pendant; piece of candy, lozenge; act of dropping supplies from a plane; sudden descent, fall; A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal activity; a drop-off point; {f} fall; make fall; bring down; go down; parachute; omit; let go; abandon

Türkisch - Englisch

Definition von to drop im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch: (Tıp) drop

to drop

Türkische aussprache

tı drôp

Aussprache

/tə ˈdrôp/ /tə ˈdrɔːp/

Etymologie

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.