drop

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for drop

drop 🔊 /dɹɑˈp or dɹɔˈp/

drop : වැටීම

drop : හෙළනවා

drop : සිඟිත්ත

drop : ලොසින්ජරය

drop : බැස්ම

drop : බිඳ

drop : පතනය

drop : සනවා

drop : බස්සනවා

drop : පහත බැසීම

drop : පොද

drop : ගිලිහී වැටෙනවා

drop : පාත් කරනවා

drop : අත්අරිනවා

drop : රොණ

drop : හලනවා

drop : වහිනවා

drop : පහත් කරනවා

drop : බින්දුව

drop : බින්දු

drop : පාත බසිනවා

drop : වැටෙනවා

drop : බෑවුම

drop : හ

drop : ප්‍රපාතය

drop : වෑස්සෙනවා

drop : එළනවා

drop definition

Noun.

  1. The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water.
  2. That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.
  3. Same as Gutta.
  4. Any small pendent ornament.
  5. Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something
  6. A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself.
  7. A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck.
  8. A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.
  9. A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc.
  10. A drop press or drop hammer.
  11. The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
  12. Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops.
  13. The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only.
  14. Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.
  15. To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill.
  16. To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy.
  17. To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.
  18. To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc.
  19. To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.
  20. To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word.
  21. To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.
  22. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To fall in drops.
  2. To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips.
  3. To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
  4. To fall dead, or to fall in death.
  5. To come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the affair dropped.
  6. To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment.
  7. To fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the spear dropped a little.
  8. To fall short of a mark.
  9. To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her main topsail drops seventeen yards.