dropped
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
An inflected form of drop · inflected form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 799 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 22,931 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.011% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
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
dropped 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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Down dropped the gun from the sportsman's grasp.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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The President gave my hand an unsympathetic wag and dropped it.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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I was introduced to them as the little boy dropped from the sky.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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Dimly I mind me of some sad disaster— Dainty Dave was dropped from the navy-roll!
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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They dropped their hooks into the water and sat very still, waiting for a bite.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1