All English words - page 1611

Meanings of Drop-ship:

noun

An arrangement in which a manufacturer sends products directly to buyers at the request of businesses who advertise and sell the products but do not stock them

Usage examples:

Online sellers can use drop shipping as a way of minimizing stock and decreasing shipping costs and…

Meanings of Drop-someone-a-line:

phrase

To write someone a letter, especially a short informal one

Usage examples:

Just drop me a line when you decide on a date., i hadn't heard from john in ages so i thought i'd d…

Meanings of Drop-through:

noun

The flat surface that you walk on when you are inside a building

Usage examples:

A tile floor, hardwood floors, the children sat on the floor., they rented office space on the seco…

Meanings of Dropcloth:

noun

A large sheet for covering furniture or flooring to protect it from dust or while decorating; a dust sheet.

Meanings of Drophead:

noun

A car having a fabric roof that can be folded down; a convertible.

Usage examples:

A small drophead with a v6 engine

Meanings of Dropheads:

noun

A car having a fabric roof that can be folded down; a convertible.

Usage examples:

A small drophead with a v6 engine

Meanings of Dropkick:

noun

(chiefly in rugby) a kick made by dropping the ball and kicking it as it bounces up from the ground.

Meanings of Dropkicks:

noun

(chiefly in rugby) a kick made by dropping the ball and kicking it as it bounces up from the ground.

Meanings of Droplet:

noun

A very small drop of a liquid.

Usage examples:

Droplets of water

Meanings of Droplets:

noun

A very small drop of a liquid.

Usage examples:

Droplets of water

Meanings of Dropout:

noun

A person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle.

Usage examples:

A college dropout

Meanings of Dropouts:

noun

A person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle.

Usage examples:

A college dropout

Meanings of Dropped:

adjective

Having fallen or been allowed to fall vertically.

Usage examples:

I have been trying to keep this area free of dropped apples

verb

Let or make (something) fall vertically.

Usage examples:

The fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette

Past simple and past participle of drop

Meanings of Dropper:

noun

A short glass tube with a rubber bulb at one end and a tiny hole at the other, for measuring out drops of medicine or other liquids.

Usage examples:

Oils sold in bottles with a rubber-tipped dropper

Meanings of Droppers:

noun

A short glass tube with a rubber bulb at one end and a tiny hole at the other, for measuring out drops of medicine or other liquids.

Usage examples:

Oils sold in bottles with a rubber-tipped dropper

Meanings of Dropping:

verb

Let or make (something) fall vertically.

Usage examples:

The fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette

noun

A small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface.

Usage examples:

The first drops of rain splashed on the ground

Present participle of drop

Meanings of Dropping-off:

phrasal verb

To begin to sleep

Usage examples:

I must have dropped off during the show, because i don’t remember how it ended., i’m about to leave…

noun

A fall in the amount, number, or quality of something

Usage examples:

There has been a drop-off in the share price of both companies., travel agents say there has been n…

Meanings of Dropping-out:

phrasal verb

To stop going to school before finishing the course of instruction

Usage examples:

He dropped out of school when he was 16.

Meanings of Droppings:

plural noun

The excrement of certain animals, such as rodents, sheep, birds, and insects.

Usage examples:

Rat droppings

Meanings of Drops:

verb

Let or make (something) fall vertically.

Usage examples:

The fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette

noun

A small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface.

Usage examples:

The first drops of rain splashed on the ground

phrase

Liquid medicine given in very small amounts

Usage examples:

Eye/nose/ear drops, she has eye drops to treat her glaucoma., do the eye drops relieve the itching?…

Meanings of Dropseed:

noun

A grass that readily drops its seeds.

Usage examples:

In nina's small attached greenhouse, bags of prairie seed await sowing: the small spheroids of prai…

Meanings of Dropshot:

verb

(chiefly in tennis or squash) a softly hit shot, usually with backspin, which drops abruptly to the ground.

Usage examples:

She played two superb drop shots to save game points

Meanings of Dropshots:

verb

(chiefly in tennis or squash) a softly hit shot, usually with backspin, which drops abruptly to the ground.

Usage examples:

She played two superb drop shots to save game points

Meanings of Dropsical:

adjective

Affected with or characteristic of dropsy; oedematous.

Usage examples:

Enormous dropsical ankles

Meanings of Dropsies:

noun

Old-fashioned or less technical term for oedema.