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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :

  Drop \Drop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Droppedor Dropt; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Dropping.] [OE. droppen, AS. dropan, v. i. See
     Drop, n.]
     1. To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules;
        to distill. ``The trees drop balsam.'' --Creech.
  
              The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a
              tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.
                                                    --Sterne.
  
     2. 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.
  
     3. To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to
        discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.
  
              They suddenly drop't the pursuit.     --S. Sharp.
  
              That astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop
              you and pick you up again.            --Thackeray.
  
              The connection had been dropped many years. -- Sir
                                                    W. Scott.
  
              Dropping the too rough H in Hell and Heaven.
                                                    --Tennyson.
  
     4. To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in
        an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint,
        a word of counsel, etc.
  
     5. To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.
  
     6. To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter,
        word.
  
     7. To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.
  
     8. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
  
              Show to the sun their waved coats dropped with gold.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     To drop a vessel (Naut.), to leave it astern in a race or a
        chase; to outsail it.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :

  Dropping \Drop"ping\, n.
     1. The action of causing to drop or of letting drop; falling.
  
     2. pl. That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of
        animals.
  
     Dropping bottle, an instrument used to supply small
        quantities of a fluid to a test tube or other vessel.
  
     Dropping fire, a continued irregular discharge of firearms.
        
  
     Dropping tube, a tube for ejecting any liquid in drops.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :

  drop
       n 1: a small quantity (especially of a liquid); "one drop of each
            sample was analyzed"; "any child with a drop of negro
            blood was legally a negro"; "there is not a drop of pity
            in that man" [syn: driblet]
       2: a shape that is small and round; "he studied the shapes of
          low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"
          [syn: bead, pearl]
       3: 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" [syn: dip, fall, free fall]
       4: a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff
          overlooking the town"; "a steep drop" [syn: cliff, drop-off]
       5: a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and
          distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen
          property)
       6: a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a
          miracle that he survived the drop from that height" [syn:
          fall]
       7: a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from
          the flies; often used as background scenery [syn: drop
          curtain, drop cloth]
       8: a central depository where things can be left or picked up
       9: the act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would
          be successful"
       v 1: let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes"
       2: to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy
          targets"
       3: go down in value; "Stock prices dropped"
       4: fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his
          knees" [syn: sink, drop down]
       5: terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican
          ticket"
       6: utter casually; "drop a hint"
       7: stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"
          [syn: knock off]
       8: leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo; [syn: set
          down, put down, unload, discharge]
       9: cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down
          a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" [syn: fell,
          strike down, cut down]
       10: lose (a game); "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13"
       11: pay out; "spend money" [syn: spend, expend]
       12: lower the pitch of (musical notes) [syn: flatten] [ant: sharpen]
       13: hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The
           light dropped from the ceiling" [syn: dangle, swing]
       14: stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a
           child out of wedlock" [syn: dismiss, send packing, send
           away]
       15: let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the
           mixture" [syn: dribble, drip]
       16: get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your
           clothes" [syn: shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw,
            throw off, throw away]
       17: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?";
           "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
           [syn: neglect, pretermit, omit, miss, leave out,
            overlook, overleap] [ant: attend to]
       18: change from one level to another; "She dropped into army
           jargon"
       19: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the
           slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a
           shouting match" [syn: devolve, deteriorate, degenerate]
           [ant: recuperate]
       20: give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this
           morning"
       [also: dropping, dropped]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :

  dropping
       adj 1: falling rapidly; "dropping prices"; "dropping rate of
              production"
       2: coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the
          eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain" [syn: falling]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :

  dropping
       See drop

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary :

  Dropping
  
  السقوط
  
  

From English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary :

  dropping 
  
  upuštění
  
           Entry edited by: B2
  
  

From English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary :

  dropping 
  
  svržení
  
           Entry edited by: B2
  
  

From English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary :

  dropping 
  
  shození
  
           Entry edited by: B2
  
  

From English-German Freedict dictionary :

  dropping [drɔpiŋ]
       abwerfend, fallenlassend

From eng-hun :

  dropping
  
  csepegés
  csöpögés
  elejtés
  kihagyás
  leesés
  
  

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary :

  dropping
  
  1. damlama, düşme
  2. (çoğ.). damlayan şeyler (mum, yağ), birikinti, sızıntı
  3. (çoğ.) gübre.
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :

  n. 点滴,滴下,落下;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :

     n. 点滴,滴下,落下

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