Antonyms for drop

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : drop

Phonetic Transcription : drɒp

Definition of drop

Origin : Old English dropa "a drop of liquid," from Proto-Germanic *drupon (cf. Old Saxon dropo, Old Norse dropi, Dutch drop, Old High German tropfo, German Tropfen (n.)), from PIE *dhreu-.
Meaning "an act of dropping" is from 1630s; of immaterial things (prices, temperatures, etc.) from mid-19c. Meaning "lozenge, hard candy" is 1723. Meaning "secret place where things can be left illicitly and picked up later" is from 1931.
Drop in the bucket (late 14c.) is from Isa. ix:15 [KJV]. At the drop of a hat "suddenly" is from 1854; drop-in "casual visit" is 1819; drop-kick is 1857. To get the drop on someone originally was Old West gunslinger slang (1869).

noun globule
noun steep decline; hole
noun decrease
verb fall in globules
verb let go of; fall
verb abandon; ignore

Example sentences :

And oh, sir,” added Stephen, “may we crave a drop of water for our dog?
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

We have not had a drop of rain since the light shower on the 4th August.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

I will drop you a slight hint, which you had better bear in mind.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

Mrs M. is a humbug—not a drop of information can I get for love or money.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

There was no trace of the body in the waters, no drop of blood on the rocks.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Not only do we drop the subject there, but we resent it if everyone else does not drop the subject there.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

When he've got a drop in his nob, it's always for singin' he is—an' that's the worst of him.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

"No one has ever come back," we say, "to tell us what his experience has been," and we drop the subject there.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Mallyan's Spout is the most imposing, having a drop of about 76 feet.
Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home

Take my rede, sir, and let it drop, for you have come very well out from it.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Synonyms for drop

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