drop

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.

   “Put three drops of oil into the mixture.”

2. isim A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).

   “My first treatment consisted of one eye drop in each eye which was supposed to determine the condition of the eye and make it easier to examine them the next day.”

3. isim A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).

   “ear drops    eye drops”

4. isim A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.

   “My aunt asked for just a drop more tea.”

5. isim A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.

   “He usually enjoys a drop after dinner.    She won’t touch a drop while she’s on duty.”

6. isim Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.

   “It doesn’t matter where you’re from, anyone who enjoys the drop is a friend of mine.”

7. isim A single measure of whisky.
8. isim Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop or piece of licorice; a lozenge.
9. isim An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
10. isim The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
11. isim A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.

    “Drops are another source of juice apple supply. As the pickers pick apples in orchards oriented toward fresh-market or canning apples, apples fall or are accidentally knocked to the ground; these are drops. The only use for drops is juice production.”

12. isim A dropped pass.

    “Yet another drop for the Tiger tight end.”

13. isim A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.

    “[…] and lo! the gallows is built up; the solemn bell tolls through the dismal gray of the early morning, the drop creaks under the guilty feet, and the penalty of crime is paid.”

14. isim An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
15. isim A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
16. isim An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.

    “Do a drop for the telephone gang, then another drop for the Internet gang, both through the ceiling of the wiring closet.”

17. isim Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
18. isim A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.

    “La Cage's upstage drops include two of the St. Tropez harbor (one for the day and another for the night), [... an] ocean drop (used in an Act I dream sequence), and an abstract chandelier drop (used in the second act[…]).”

19. isim An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.

    “That was a long drop, but fortunately I didn’t break any bones.”

20. isim An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.

    “The delivery driver has to make three more drops before lunch.”

21. fiil Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.

    “The kindlye dewe drops from the higher tree, / And wets the little plants that lowly dwell.”

22. fiil To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.

    “A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky.”

23. fiil Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.

    “When you defeat this boss, there's a chance a power-up will drop.”

24. fiil To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.

    “Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private!”

25. fiil To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.

    “Nothing, ſays Seneca, is ſo melancholy a circumſtance in human life, or ſo ſoon reconciles us to the thought of our own death, as the reflection and prospect of one friend after another dropping round us!”

26. fiil To fall into a particular condition or state.
27. fiil To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.

    “When he again found privacy consistent, however—and it happened to be long in coming—he took up their conversation very much where it had dropped.”

28. fiil To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.

    “The stock dropped 1.5% yesterday.”

29. fiil Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.

    “My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2.”

30. fiil Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.

    “Billy’s voice dropped suddenly when he turned 12.”