drop
let fall to the ground
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,326 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 13,808 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- let fall to the ground Don't drop the dishes
- to fall vertically the bombs are dropping on enemy targets
- go down in value Stock prices dropped
- fall or descend to a lower place or level also: sink, drop down He sank to his knees
- terminate an association with drop him from the Republican ticket
- utter with seeming casualness drop a hintdrop names
drop in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Lord Walderhurst did not drop in to afternoon tea.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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He did not need to drop out, though he would have done so bravely enough.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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Just think about it, then drop into the place where they keep 'em, on your way to supper, and order one!
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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My head was certainly stronger than my Cousin's; he went as far as the third bottle--the next drop was on the floor!
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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Only once, at the initial performance, did this intelligent creature remember its personality, and drop the public actor in the private individual.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1