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• drop — ► VERB (dropped, dropping) 1) fall or cause to fall. 2) sink to the ground. 3) make or become lower, weaker, or less. 4) abandon or discontinue. 5) (often drop off) set down or unload (a passenger or goods) …   English terms dictionary

• drop — [[t]drɒ̱p[/t]] ♦♦ drops, dropping, dropped 1) V ERG If a level or amount drops or if someone or something drops it, it quickly becomes less. [V prep/adv] Temperatures can drop to freezing at night... [V prep/adv] Once the rate rises it never… …   English dictionary

• drop — n. & v. n. 1 a a small round or pear shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface (drops of dew; tears fell in large drops). b a very small amount of usu. drinkable liquid (just a drop left in the glass). c a glass etc. of …   Useful english dictionary

• Drop tank — A 330 US gallons (1,200 L) Sargent Fletcher drop tank being moved across the flight deck of an Aircraft carrier In aeronautics, a drop tank (external tank, wing tank, or belly tank) is used to describe auxiliary fuel tanks externally carried …   Wikipedia

• drop — verb (drops, dropping, dropped) 1》 fall or cause to fall vertically.     ↘deliver by parachute.     ↘sink to or towards the ground.     ↘informal collapse from exhaustion. 2》 make or become lower, weaker, or less.     ↘lose (a point, a match, etc …   English new terms dictionary

• Drop hammer — Hammer Ham mer (h[a^]m m[ e]r), n. [OE. hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D. hamer, G. & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to Gr. a kmwn anvil, Skr. a[,c]man stone.] 1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• drop cut — ▪ gem cut       method of faceting gemstones into a pear shape suitable for pendants, earrings, and other jewelry. A pendeloque is a pear shaped modification of the round brilliant cut used for diamonds. A briolette is an elongated, pear shaped… …   Universalium

• drop net — /ˈdrɒp nɛt/ (say drop net) noun 1. a fishing net consisting of two hoops joined by a cylindrical or cone shaped net bag, the top of which is open while the bottom rests on the floor of the river, lake, etc.; dilly. 2. a net which can be thrown or …  

• drop forging — A piece of steel shaped between dies while hot …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• pear drop — noun : a drop (as a jewel or a candy) that is shaped like a pear * * * pear drop noun 1. A pear shaped pendant 2. A sweet shaped and flavoured like a pear • • • Main Entry: ↑pear * * * pear drop, 1. a pear shaped candy, usually flavored with a… …   Useful english dictionary

• Prince Rupert's Drop — Prince Rupert s Drops Prince Rupert s Drops (also known as Rupert s Balls or Dutch tears[1]) are a glass curiosity created by dripping hot molten glass into cold water. The glass cools into a tadpole shaped droplet with a long, thin tail. The …   Wikipedia