drip (verb)

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• drip — ► VERB (dripped, dripping) ▪ fall or let fall in small drops of liquid. ► NOUN 1) a small drop of a liquid. 2) an apparatus which slowly passes fluid, nutrients, or drugs into a patient s body intravenously. 3) informal a weak and ineffectual… …   English terms dictionary

• drip — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 water dripping ADJECTIVE ▪ slow, steady PREPOSITION ▪ drip of ▪ the steady drip of water from the tap 2 drop of water that falls …   Collocations dictionary

• drip — [c]/drɪp / (say drip) verb (dripped or, Rare, dript, dripping) –verb (i) 1. to let fall drops; shed drops. 2. to fall in drops, as a liquid. –verb (t) 3. to let fall in drops. –noun 4. the act of dripping. 5. the liqu …  

• drip — drip1 [ drıp ] verb 1. ) intransitive if a liquid drips, it falls in very small drops: Red paint had dripped on the floor. Sweat was dripping down his face. a ) transitive if you drip a liquid, you make it fall in very small drops: Drip some wax… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• drip-feed — /drip feed /, n. intravenous feeding. [1905 10, for earlier sense] * * * drip feed «DRIHP FEED», adjective, noun. British. –adj. of or for feeding a medicinal solution intravenously one drop at a time: »A baby was wheeled on a hospital trolley… …   Useful english dictionary

• drip-feed — drip feeds, drip feeding, drip fed also drip feed VERB If you drip feed money into something, you pay the money a little at a time rather than paying it all at once. [V n into n] ...investors who adopt the sensible policy of drip feeding money… …   English dictionary

• drip-dry — drip dry1 adjective drip dry clothes do not need ironing drip dry ,drip dry 2 verb intransitive or transitive to hang up clothes when they are wet so that you do not need to iron them, or to dry in this way: Let this shirt drip dry …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• drip-feed — drip ,feed1 verb transitive 1. ) MEDICAL to give food or medicine to someone who is ill through a special piece of equipment with a tube that goes into their body 2. ) to give something to someone slowly, little by little drip feed drip ,feed 2… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• drip-feed — ► VERB ▪ introduce (fluid) drop by drop. ► NOUN (drip feed) ▪ a device for introducing fluid drop by drop …   English terms dictionary

• drip-dry — verb (of fabric or a garment) become dry without forming creases when hung up after washing. adjective capable of drip drying …   English new terms dictionary

• drip — verb (drips, dripping, dripped) let fall small drops of liquid. ↘fall in small drops. noun 1》 a small drop of a liquid. 2》 Medicine an apparatus which slowly passes fluid, nutrients, or drugs into a patient s body intravenously. 3》 informal a… …   English new terms dictionary