[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

drop \drop\, v. i.
   1. to fall in drops.
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            the kindly dew drops from the higher tree,
            and wets the little plants that lowly dwell.
                                                  --spenser.
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   2. to fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe
      fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips.
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            mutilations of which the meaning has dropped out of
            memory.                               --h. spencer.
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            when the sound of dropping nuts is heard. --bryant.
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   3. to let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
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            the heavens . . . dropped at the presence of god.
                                                  --ps. lxviii.
                                                  8.
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   4. to fall dead, or to fall in death; as, dropping like
      flies.
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            nothing, says seneca, so soon reconciles us to the
            thoughts of our own death, as the prospect of one
            friend after another dropping round us. --digby.
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   5. to come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the
      affair dropped. --pope.
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   6. to come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old
      friend dropped in a moment. --steele.
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            takes care to drop in when he thinks you are just
            seated.                               --spectator.
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   7. to fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the
      spear dropped a little.
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   8. to fall short of a mark. r.
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            often it drops or overshoots by the disproportion of
            distance.                             --collier.
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   9. to be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her
      main topsail drops seventeen yards.
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   to drop astern naut., to go astern of another vessel; to
      be left behind; to slacken the speed of a vessel so as to
      fall behind and to let another pass a head.

   to drop down naut., to sail, row, or move down a river,
      or toward the sea.

   to drop off, to fall asleep gently; also, to die. colloq.
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see also:
to drop astern to drop down to drop off 

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