tear, teardrop - a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes"

raindrop - a drop of rain

small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude

droplet - a tiny drop

eye-drop, eyedrop - a drop from an eye dropper

round shape - a shape that is curved and without sharp angles

teardrop - anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring)

dewdrop - a drop of dew

decrement, decrease - the amount by which something decreases

correction - a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; "market runups are invariably followed by a correction"

voltage drop - a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing

crag - a steep rugged rock or cliff

geological formation, formation - (geology) the geological features of the earth

precipice - a very steep cliff

drug - a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic

dead drop - a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information; "a dead drop avoids the need for an intelligence officer and a spy to be present at the same time"

hiding place - a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself)

free fall - the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field

gravitation - movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"

descent - a movement downward

plunge - a steep and rapid fall

precipitation - the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height

curtain, drape, drapery, pall, mantle - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

depository, repository, deposit - a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

maildrop - a drop where mail can be deposited

descent - the act of changing your location in a downward direction

move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

drop - to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"

plop - drop something with a plopping sound

dump - drop in a heap or mass

hang - let drop or droop; "Hang one's head in shame"

plank down, plonk down, plump down - drop heavily

drop down, sink, drop - fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"

come down, descend, go down, fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

dump, plunge - fall abruptly; "It plunged to the bottom of the well"

drop - let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes"

plummet, plump - drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted"

flump, flump down - fall heavily

decline - go down; "The roof declines here"

wane, go down, decline - grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

fall off, slump, sink - fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"

tumble - fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"

fall off, slump, sink - fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"

drop - let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes"

drop open, fall open - open involuntarily; "His mouth dropped open"; "Her jaw dropped"

change posture - undergo a change in bodily posture

droop, sag, swag, flag - droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

sag down, sag - cause to sag; "The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably"

remove - remove from a position or an office

send away, send packing, dismiss, drop - stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

give tongue to, utter, express, verbalise, verbalize - articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"

nolle pros - drop persecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records; "They nolle prossed the charge"

cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

deliver - bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers"

wharf - discharge at a wharf; "wharf the passengers"

air-drop - drop from the air; unload from a plane or helicopter

chop down - cut down; "George chopped down the cherry tree"

poleax, poleaxe - fell with or as if with a poleax

log, lumber - cut lumber, as in woods and forests

cut - fell by sawing; hew; "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia"

cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

lose - fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war"

deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, eat, consume - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

ware, squander, consume, waste - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"

afford - be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"

pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please"

blow - spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"

trifle away, wanton away, wanton - spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away"

underspend - spend at less than the normal rate

misspend - spend (money or other resources) unwisely

nickel-and-dime, penny-pinch - spend money frugally; spend as little as possible

invest, commit, put, place - make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

economise, economize, save - spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now"

music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

hang - be suspended or hanging; "The flag hung on the wall"

loll, droop - hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled"

give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, can, force out, dismiss, fire, terminate - terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

drop - terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican ticket"

pour - cause to run; "pour water over the floor"

drip - fall in drops; "Water is dripping from the faucet"

exuviate, molt, moult, slough, shed - cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every Spring"

remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

abscise - shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue

exfoliate - cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters

autotomise, autotomize - cause a body part to undergo autotomy

forget - forget to do something; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!"

skip, skip over, pass over, jump - bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"

change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

fatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall - get tired of something or somebody

languish, fade - become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

rot, waste - waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"

decline, worsen - grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have - give birth (to a newborn); "My wife had twins yesterday!"