verb

 

let fall to let something you are carrying fall to the ground

She tripped and dropped the vase.

 

fall to fall

The ball dropped to the ground.

 

become less If a level or amount drops, it becomes less.

Unemployment has dropped from 8% to 6% in the last year.

 

take to take someone or something to a place, usually by car as you travel somewhere else

I can drop you at the station on my way to work.

 

stop activity If you drop a plan, activity, or idea, you stop doing or planning it.

Plans for a new supermarket have been dropped.

 

stop including to decide to stop including someone in a group or team

The coach dropped me from the team.

 

voice If your voice drops, or if you drop your voice, you talk more quietly.

 

noun

 

liquid a small, round shaped amount of liquid

I felt a few drops of rain.

 

reduction when the level or amount of something becomes less

There has been a drop in crime recently.

 

small amount a small amount of a liquid you can drink

Would you like a drop more milk?

 

distance a vertical distance down from somewhere to the ground

It's a drop of about 50 metres from the top of the cliff.