(drop dead)

  • 111drop — I n. fall 1) a sharp; sheer; sudden drop 2) a drop in (a sharp drop in the interest rate) depository 3) a mail drop II v. 1) (A; used without to) ( to write ) drop me a line when you get there 2) (d; intr.) ( to lag ) to drop behind (he dropped… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 112drop*/*/*/ — [drɒp] verb I 1) [T] to let something fall The box was so heavy I almost dropped it.[/ex] The children were dropping stones off the bridge.[/ex] He dropped a few coins into my hand.[/ex] 2) to fall She took off her jacket and let it drop to the… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 113dead — 1 /ded/ adjective (no comparative) NO LONGER ALIVE OR EXISTING 1 no longer alive: Her mother had been dead for ten years. | dead leaves | dead body (=the body of a person who has died) | dead as a doornail/stone dead informal (=completely dead… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 114dead — I adj. having died 1) to drop dead (of a heart attack) 2) (misc.) to be left for dead; to rise from the dead; the quick and the dead; to play dead unresponsive 3) (cannot stand alone) dead to (he was dead to the world) II n. period of greatest… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 115drop — n 1. globule, glob, droplet, bead, gutta; blob, bubble; dewdrop, pearl, tear; spheroid, oval; earring, ornament, pendant. 2.(usu. all of liquid) small quantity, bit, little, Inf. smidgen, minim, Chiefly Brit., Inf. spot; speck, trickle, splotch,… …

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  • 116drop — I UK [drɒp] / US [drɑp] verb Word forms drop : present tense I/you/we/they drop he/she/it drops present participle dropping past tense dropped past participle dropped *** 1) [transitive] to deliberately let something fall drop something off… …

    English dictionary

  • 117drop — 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

  • 118drop — 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

  • 119drop —    1. to kill    By shooting, after which the victim falls:     But [the Iraqi soldiers] got so close that there was no way they were going to avoid us, so we dropped them. (McNab, 1993)    In Chicago, to drop down the chute meant to murder, as… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 120dead — dead1 [ ded ] adjective *** ▸ 1 no longer alive ▸ 2 not working ▸ 3 not interesting ▸ 4 no longer relevant ▸ 5 very weak/tired/sick ▸ 6 having no feeling ▸ 7 showing little emotion ▸ 8 no longer spoken ▸ 9 complete ▸ 10 in ball games ▸ 11 when… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English