1. Coming down freely under the influence of gravity
   "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs";
   - falling

1. Let fall to the ground
   "Don't drop the dishes"
    
2. Fall or descend to a lower place or level
   "He dropped to his knees";
   - sink, drop down
    
3. To fall vertically
   "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"
    
4. Go down in value
   "Stock prices dropped"
    
5. Terminate an association with
   "drop him from the Republican ticket"
    
6. Utter with seeming casualness
   "drop a hint"; "drop names"
    
7. Let or cause to fall in drops
   "drop oil into the mixture";
   - dribble, drip
    
8. Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
   "drop a tree";
   - fell, strike down, cut down
    
9. Change from one level to another
   "She dropped into army jargon"
    
10. Stop pursuing or acting
    "drop a lawsuit";
    - knock off [informal]
     
11. Remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
    "The taxi dropd its passengers at the airport";
    - drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge
     
12. To remove
    "he drop his clothes";
    - shed, cast, cast off, throw off, lose
     
13. Force someone to leave or remove someone from a position, often abruptly or unceremoniously
    "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock";
    - dismiss, send packing, send away
     
14. Leave undone or leave out
    "She dropped the last chapter from her report";
    - neglect, pretermit [archaic], omit, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap [archaic]
     
15. Omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
    "New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's"
     
16. (sport) lose (a game)
    "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13"
     
17. Pay out
    "He dropped a fortune on the new car";
    - spend, expend
     
18. (music) lower the pitch of (musical notes)
    "The arranger dropped the key by a semitone";
    - flatten
     
19. Hang loosely
    "The light dropped from the ceiling";
    - dangle, swing
     
20. Take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
    "She dropped acid when she was a teenager"
     
21. Fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
    "shop til you drop"
     
22. Grow progressively worse
    "His health dropped rapidly after the diagnosis";
    - devolve, deteriorate, degenerate
     
23. Give birth; used for animals
    "The cow dropped her calf this morning"
     
24. [informal] Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
    "The band will drop their new album next month";
    - publish, bring out, put out, issue, release

See also: descending

Type of: act, air, alter, bare, bear, birth, break, break off, can [N. Amer, informal], cease, change, change posture, come down, cut, decline, deliver, descend, discontinue, dismiss, displace, do drugs [informal], drug, elide, express, fall, fire, force out, give birth, give notice, give the axe [informal], give the sack [informal], give tongue to, give up, go down, hang, have, lay off, lose, modify, move, pay, pour, publicise [Brit], publicize, quit, remove, sack, send away, stop, surcease [archaic], take, take away, terminate, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, wane, withdraw, worsen

Antonym: attend to, sharpen

Encyclopedia: Dropping