dropped
adjective
[ drɒpt ]
• having fallen or been allowed to fall vertically.
• "I have been trying to keep this area free of dropped apples"
• made low or lower than is usual.
• "organza dresses with dropped waists"
• abandoned, discontinued, or discarded.
• "some of the dropped features will be reverted in the future"
drop
verb
• let or make (something) fall vertically.
• "the fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette"
Similar:
let fall,
let go (of),
fail to hold,
lose one's grip on,
release,
unhand,
relinquish,
put,
place,
rest,
deposit,
set,
set down,
lay,
leave,
settle,
shove,
stick,
position,
station,
pop,
plonk,
Opposite:
hold on to,
lift,
pick up,
• fall vertically.
• "the spoon dropped with a clatter from her hand"
Similar:
drip,
fall in drops,
fall,
dribble,
trickle,
drizzle,
flow,
run,
plop,
leak,
come/go down,
descend,
sink,
plunge,
plummet,
dive,
nosedive,
tumble,
pitch,
slump,
• make or become lower, weaker, or less.
• "he dropped his voice as she came into the room"
Similar:
decrease,
lessen,
make less,
reduce,
diminish,
depreciate,
fall,
drop off,
decline,
become less,
dwindle,
sink,
slump,
slacken off,
plunge,
plummet,
• abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study).
• "the charges against him were dropped last year"
Similar:
give up,
finish with,
withdraw from,
retire from,
cancel,
discontinue,
end,
stop,
cease,
halt,
terminate,
abandon,
forgo,
relinquish,
dispense with,
have done with,
throw up,
pack in,
quit,
cry off,
• set down or unload (a passenger or goods), especially on the way to somewhere else.
• "his mum dropped him outside and drove off to work"
• (in sport) fail to win (a point or a match).
• "the club have yet to drop a point in the Second Division"
Similar:
lose,
fail to win,
concede,
miss out on,
give away,
let slip,
• be forced to play (a relatively high card) as a loser under an opponent's higher card, because it is the only card in its suit held in the hand.
• "East drops the 10 on the second round"
Origin:
Old English dropa (noun), droppian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Tropfen ‘a drop’, tropfen ‘to drip’, also to drip and droop.
