Drop vs Water - What's the difference?
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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.
The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
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A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal activity; a drop-off point.
An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies by parachute.
(chiefly, British) a small amount of an alcoholic beverage; or when used with the definite article (the drop ), alcoholic spirits in general.
(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.
(American football) Short for drop-back or drop back.
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.
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(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.
To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
* Spenser
To drip (a liquid).
* Creech
* Sterne
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
To sink quickly to the ground.
To fall dead, or to fall in death.
* Digby
To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
* 1897 , (Henry James), (What Maisie Knew) :
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:
* 2000 , Lisa Reardon, Blameless: A Novel , Random House, p 221:
To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.).
* S. Sharp
* Thackeray
* Sir Walter Scott
To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
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, title= 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
* 1892 , Alexander A. A. Kinloch, Large Game Shooting in Thibet, the Himalayas, Northern and Central India ,
* 1921 , Daniel Henderson, Boone of the Wilderness ,
* 1985 , (Beastie Boys), :
* 1992, Dan Parkinson, Dust on the Wind , page 164
(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.
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, title= (of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
(of people) To visit informally; used with in'' or ''by .
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To give birth to.
To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
* Milton
To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
(uncountable) A chemical, found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid, having the formula H?O, required by all forms of life on Earth.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= # (uncountable, in particular) The liquid form of this chemical; liquid H?O.
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, title= # (countable) A serving of water.
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(obsolete) Ancient philosophy.
# (alchemy) One of the four basic elements.
# One of the five basic elements (see ).
(often, in the plural) Any body of water, or a specific part of it.
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, title= A combination of water and other substance(s).
# (sometimes, countable) Mineral water.
# (countable, often, in the plural) Spa water.
# (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
# Urine.
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# Amniotic fluid; used in the plural in the UK and in singular in North America.
# (colloquial, medicine) Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.
(figuratively, in the plural, or, in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
(colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
(uncountable, dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.
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The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
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To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
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To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
To get or take in water.
(colloquial) To urinate onto.
To dilute.
(transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
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To fill with or secrete water.
To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
In lang=en terms the difference between drop and water
is that drop is to cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course while water is to wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.As nouns the difference between drop and water
is that 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 while water is (uncountable) a chemical, found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid, having the formula h₂o, required by all forms of life on earth.As verbs the difference between drop and water
is that drop is to fall in droplets (of a liquid) while water is to pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).drop
English
(wikipedia drop)Noun
(en noun)- Put three drops of oil into the mixture.
- On one side of the road was a 50-foot drop .
- That was a long drop , but fortunately I didn't break any bones.
- It moved in surges, like a roller coaster on a series of drops and high-banked turns.
- I left the plans at the drop , like you asked.
- The delivery driver has to make three more drops before lunch.
- 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.
- Yet another drop for the Tiger tight end.
- The Tiger quarterback took a one-step drop , expecting his tight end to be open.
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Derived terms
* dropless * droplike * raindropVerb
(dropp)- The kindly dew drops from the higher tree, / And wets the little plants that lowly dwell.
- The trees drop balsam.
- The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.
- The heavens dropped at the presence of God.
- 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.
- Maisie's faith in Mrs. Wix for instance had suffered no lapse from the fact that all communication with her had temporarily dropped .
- 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.
- 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.
- They suddenly drop't the pursuit.
- that astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop you and pick you up again
- The connection had been dropped many years.
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: ...if the first shot does not drop him, and he rushes on, the second will be a very hurried and most likely ineffectual one...
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...with a single shot he dropped him like a master of the art.
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- As with all other animals, a shot behind the shoulder is the most likely to drop the beast on the spot
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- He dropped the beast with a bullet in its heart.
- The piano player's out, the music stopped / His boy had beef, and he got dropped ...
- With a quick clench of the fist on Joey's throat, Bodie dropped him. The man crumpled to the ground
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- to drop a lamb
- their waved coats dropped with gold
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 dropwater
Noun
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Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1, pp.284-5
- Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
- A water' drop placed on the surface of ice can either spread or form a lens depending on the properties of the three phases involved in wetting, i.e., on the properties of the ice, ' water , and gas phases.
The climate of Tibet: Pole-land, passage=Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
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Quotations
* (English Citations of "water")Synonyms
* See also * See alsoAntonyms
* ice, steam, water vapor/water vapour * (basic elements) earth, air/wind, fire; wood, metal; void/etherHypernyms
* chemical, substance * liquid, fluid * (basic elements) element * (urine) body fluid, bodily fluid, biofluidHyponyms
* heavy water; ice, steam, water vapor/water vapour * mineral water; hard water, soft waterMeronyms
* hydrogen, oxygenDerived terms
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Verb
(en verb)- tears watering the ground
- Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodlands.
- I need to go water the cattle .
- The ship put into port to water .
- Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.
- Can you water the whisky, please?
- Chopping onions makes my eyes water .
- The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water .
- to water silk