drip drip

  • 81drip irrigation — a system of crop irrigation involving the controlled delivery of water directly to individual plants through a network of tubes or pipes. Also called trickle irrigation. [1970 75] * * * drip irrigation noun A system of irrigation in which water… …

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  • 82Drip Marketing — A strategy employed by many direct marketers where a constant flow of marketing material is sent to customers over a period of time. Drip marketing endeavors to create sales through long term repeat exposure to its recipients of the goods and… …

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  • 83drip — 01. The tap is [dripping]. I think it needs to be fixed. 02. Blood was [dripping] from a cut on his forehead. 03. The candles are [dripping] wax on the carpet. 04. The sweat from his forehead was [dripping] into his eyes by the end of the game.… …

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  • 84drip feed — noun a device for introducing fluid drop by drop into a system. verb (drip feed) 1》 introduce (fluid) drop by drop.     ↘supply (a patient) with fluid through a drip. 2》 provide gradually and in small amounts: their correspondence is being drip… …

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  • 85drip — [c]/drɪp / (say drip) verb (dripped or, Rare, dript, dripping) –verb (i) 1. to let fall drops; shed drops. 2. to fall in drops, as a liquid. –verb (t) 3. to let fall in drops. –noun 4. the act of dripping. 5. the liqu …

  • 86drip-dry — /ˈdrɪp draɪ/ (say drip druy) adjective 1. (of a fabric) drying in its desired shape, when hung dripping wet after being rinsed. –noun 2. a garment which dries in this way. –verb (drip dried, drip drying) –verb (t) 3. to hang a fabric article… …

  • 87drip mold — noun (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway) • Syn: ↑drip, ↑drip mould • Topics: ↑architecture • Hypernyms: ↑projection …

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  • 88drip-dry — I. verb Date: 1953 intransitive verb to dry with few or no wrinkles when hung wet transitive verb to hang (as wet clothing) to drip dry II. adjective Date: 1957 made of a washable fabric that drip dries …

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  • 89drip — I. n 1. an insipid, unassertive or boring per son. This common colloquialism is prob ably British in origin, but is also used, especially by school and college stu dents, in the USA and Australia. It is one of many terms (wet, damp, dripping)… …

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  • 90drip-dry — ADJ Drip dry clothes or sheets are made of a fabric that dries free of creases when it is hung up wet. ...drip dry shirts …

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