What is the meaning of dropped?

verb

  • Let fall to the ground.
    • usage: "Don't drop the dishes"
  • To fall vertically.
    • usage: "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"
  • Go down in value.
    • usage: "Stock prices dropped"
  • Fall or descend to a lower place or level.
    • usage: "He sank to his knees"
  • Terminate an association with.
    • usage: "drop him from the Republican ticket"
  • Utter with seeming casualness.
    • usage: "drop a hint"; drop names"
  • Stop pursuing or acting.
    • usage: "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off"
  • Leave or unload.
    • usage: "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"
  • Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow.
    • usage: "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
  • Lose (a game. )
    • usage: "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13"
  • Pay out.
    • usage: "spend money"
  • Lower the pitch of (musical notes.
  • Hang freely.
    • usage: "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
  • Stop associating with.
    • usage: "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
  • Let or cause to fall in drops.
    • usage: "dribble oil into the mixture"
  • Get rid of.
    • usage: "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"
  • Take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth.
    • usage: "She dropped acid when she was a teenager"
  • Omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing.
    • usage: " New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's"
  • Leave undone or leave out.
    • usage: "How could I miss that typo"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
  • Change from one level to another.
    • usage: "She dropped into army jargon"
  • Fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death.
    • usage: "shop til you drop"
  • Grow worse.
    • usage: "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
  • Give birth; used for animals.
    • usage: "The cow dropped her calf this morning"
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APAWordNet. (2010). dropped. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/dropped/definitions/1172915
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "dropped" http://smartdefine.org/dropped/definitions/1172915 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, dropped, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/dropped/definitions/1172915>.
MLAWordNet. "dropped" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/dropped/definitions/1172915>
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