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drop | table |

As verbs the difference between drop and table

is that drop is to fall in droplets (of a liquid) while table is .

As a noun drop

is a small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid.

drop

English

(wikipedia drop)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid.
  • Put three drops of oil into the mixture.
  • The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
  • On one side of the road was a 50-foot drop .
  • A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
  • That was a long drop , but fortunately I didn't break any bones.
  • * '>citation
  • It moved in surges, like a roller coaster on a series of drops and high-banked turns.
  • A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal activity; a drop-off point.
  • I left the plans at the drop , like you asked.
  • An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies by parachute.
  • The delivery driver has to make three more drops before lunch.
  • (chiefly, British) a small amount of an alcoholic beverage; or when used with the definite article (the drop ), alcoholic spirits in general.
  • He usually enjoys a drop after dinner.
    It doesn't matter where you're from; anyone who enjoys the drop is a friend of mine.
  • (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
  • A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, a lemon drop; a lozenge.
  • (American football) A dropped pass.
  • Yet another drop for the Tiger tight end.
  • (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back.
  • The Tiger quarterback took a one-step drop , expecting his tight end to be open.
  • In a woman'', the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; ''in a man , the difference between chest circumference and waist circumference.
  • (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies.
  • (music) A point in a song, usually electronic styled music such as dubstep, house and trance, where everything is played at once, also known highlight, or climax.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=June 26 , author=Genevieve Koski , title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).}}
  • (US, banking, dated) an unsolicited credit card issue
  • The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
  • That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
  • (architecture) A gutta.
  • A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's deck; a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet; a curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; etc.
  • A drop press or drop hammer.
  • (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
  • (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.
  • Derived terms

    * dropless * droplike * raindrop

    Verb

    (dropp)
  • To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
  • * Spenser
  • The kindly dew drops from the higher tree, / And wets the little plants that lowly dwell.
  • To drip (a liquid).
  • * Creech
  • The trees drop balsam.
  • * Sterne
  • The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.
  • Generally, to fall (straight down).
  • (ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
  • To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
  • * Bible, Psalms lxviii. 8
  • The heavens dropped at the presence of God.
  • To sink quickly to the ground.
  • To fall dead, or to fall in death.
  • * Digby
  • 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.
  • To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
  • * 1897 , (Henry James), (What Maisie Knew) :
  • Maisie's faith in Mrs. Wix for instance had suffered no lapse from the fact that all communication with her had temporarily dropped .
  • To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
  • (slang) To part with or spend (money).
  • * 1949 , The Atlantian , v 8, Atlanta: United States Penitentiary, p 41:
  • The question was: Who put the most in the collection box? The wealthy guy, who dropped a “C” note, or the tattered old dame who parted with her last tarnished penny.
  • * 2000 , Lisa Reardon, Blameless: A Novel , Random House, p 221:
  • I forked over the $19.25. I was in no position to be dropping twenties like gumdrops but I deserved something good from this crappy morning.
  • To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.).
  • * S. Sharp
  • They suddenly drop't the pursuit.
  • * Thackeray
  • that astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop you and pick you up again
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • The connection had been dropped many years.
  • To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
  • * , chapter=17
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
  • To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).
  • To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
  • * 1846, ed. by G. W. Nickisson, “Elephant-Shooting in Ceylon”, in , vol. XXXIII, no. CXCVII
  • page 562: ...if the first shot does not drop him, and he rushes on, the second will be a very hurried and most likely ineffectual one...
    page 568 ...with a single shot he dropped him like a master of the art.
  • * 1892 , Alexander A. A. Kinloch, Large Game Shooting in Thibet, the Himalayas, Northern and Central India , page 126
  • As with all other animals, a shot behind the shoulder is the most likely to drop the beast on the spot
  • * 1921 , Daniel Henderson, Boone of the Wilderness , page 54
  • He dropped the beast with a bullet in its heart.
  • * 1985 , (Beastie Boys), :
  • The piano player's out, the music stopped / His boy had beef, and he got dropped ...
  • * 1992, Dan Parkinson, Dust on the Wind , page 164
  • With a quick clench of the fist on Joey's throat, Bodie dropped him. The man crumpled to the ground
  • (linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
  • (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman being out.
  • (slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
  • to dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose
  • to eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
  • (slang) To impart.
  • (transitive, music, colloquial) To release to the public.
  • (music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
  • (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution.
  • (music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
  • To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course
  • (fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
  • (of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 26, author=Genevieve Koski, work=The Onion AV Club
  • , title= Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe , passage=The 18-year-old Bieber can’t quite pull off the “adult” thing just yet: His voice may have dropped a bit since the days of “Baby,” but it still mostly registers as “angelic,” and veers toward a pubescent whine at times. }}
  • (of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
  • (of people) To visit informally; used with in'' or ''by .
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.}}
  • To give birth to.
  • to drop a lamb
  • To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
  • * Milton
  • their waved coats dropped with gold
  • To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
  • Derived terms

    (terms derived from the noun or verb "drop") * a drop in the bucket * air-drop * at the drop of a hat * black drop effect * cough drop * dewdrop * drop a bollock * drop a bomb * drop a dime * drop a line * drop-add form * drop back, drop-back * drop-ball * drop by * drop cap * drop cloth * drop curtain * drop dead, drop-dead * drop-down * drop goal * drop in, drop-in * drop kerb * drop kick, drop-kicker * drop-leaf table * droplet * drop like flies * drop off, dropoff, drop-off * drop out, dropout, drop-out * dropper * droppings * drop scene * drop scone * drop shot * drop the gloves * drop the ball * drop trou * eye-drop * get the drop on * name-drop, name-dropping * one drop * one-drop rule * the penny drops * Turkey drop * raindrop * so quiet one can hear a pin drop * teardrop * waiting for the other shoe to drop

    table

    English

    (wikipedia table)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
  • # An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
  • #* , chapter=6
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table —but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.}}
  • #* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), chapter=Foreword
  • , title= The China Governess , passage=A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].}}
  • # A flat tray which can be used as a table.
  • # (poker, metonym)  The lineup of players at a given table.
  • # A group of people at a table, for example for a meal or game.
  • #*
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
  • # A service of Holy Communion.
  • A two-dimensional presentation of data.
  • # A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
  • #* 1997 , Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault , page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
  • I’m using mathesis — a universal science of measurement and order …
    And there is also taxinomia a principle of classification and ordered tabulation.
    Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables
    Western reason had entered the age of judgement.
  • # A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.
  • # (computing)  A lookup table, most often a set of vectors.
  • # (sports)  A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
  • #* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=April 10, author=Alistair Magowan, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle , passage=On this evidence they will certainly face tougher tests, as a depleted Newcastle side seemed to bask in the relative security of being ninth in the table .}}
  • (musical instruments)  The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
  • (backgammon)  One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
  • Synonyms

    * (computing) grid, vector

    Hypernyms

    * (furniture) furniture * (computing) array

    Hyponyms

    * (computing) hashtable

    Derived terms

    {{der3, billiard table , bring to the table , Cayley table , coffee table , data table , dining table , dinner table , division table , dressing table , drop-leaf table , drink under the table , end table , examining table , file allocation table , function table , hash table , league table , log table , lookup table , multiplication table , off the table , periodic table , pier table , pool table , pound the table , put one's cards on the table , rainbow table , round table , shake table , tablecloth/table cloth , , table dancer , table decoration , table football , table-hop , table lamp , table linen , table manners , table mountain , table of contents , table salt , table saw , table stakes , table talk , table tennis , table wine , tablespoon , tabletop , tableward , tableware , talk someone under the table , tea table , tide table , timetable/time table/time-table , toilet table , tray-table , truth table , turn the tables , under the table , vanity table , wait tables , water table , occasional table}} (table)

    Coordinate terms

    * (furniture) chair

    Verb

    (tabl)
  • To put on a table.
  • (Carlyle)
  • (British, Canada) To propose for discussion (from to put on the table ).
  • The legislature tabled the amendment, so they will start discussing it now.
  • (US) To hold back to a later time; to postpone.
  • The legislature tabled the amendment, so they will not be discussing it until later.
    The motion was tabled, ensuring that it would not be taken up until a later date.
  • To tabulate; to put into a table.
  • to table fines
  • To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a picture.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation
  • To supply with food; to feed.
  • (Milton)
  • (carpentry) To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf.
  • To enter upon the docket.
  • to table charges against someone
  • (nautical) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.
  • See also

    * tabula rasa

    Statistics

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