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To drop off
(gcide) | 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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