Dropping - Английское значение и перевод слова Dropping на Русский язык

verb

Cease to support or look after (someone); desert.

Примеры использования:

Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age

noun

Complete lack of inhibition or restraint.

Примеры использования:

She sings and sways with total abandon

verb

Forsake; leave behind

verb

Decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place.

Примеры использования:

He was forced to cancel his visit

noun

A mark made on a postage stamp to show that it has been used.

Примеры использования:

A stamp franked and with an adhesive cancel

verb

To decide that something arranged in advance will not happen, or to state that you do not wish to receive something

Примеры использования:

[ i ] we were supposed to meet for dinner but elise had to cancel at the last minute., [ t ] he col…

verb

Come or bring to an end.

Примеры использования:

The hostilities ceased and normal life was resumed

verb

To stop an action or condition

Примеры использования:

[ t ] clapp had to cease publication because of lack of money., [ + to infinitive ] it was hard to …

verb

Admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it.

Примеры использования:

I had to concede that i'd overreacted

Give over

verb

To admit that something is true, or to allow something

Примеры использования:

[ + (that) clause ] officials concede (that) the plan isn’t the best one., [ i/t ] she conceded (th…

verb

(typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease.

Примеры использования:

The birth rate continued to decline

noun

A gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, quality, or value.

Примеры использования:

A serious decline in bird numbers

verb

To go down in amount or quality; lessen or weaken

Примеры использования:

His interest in the project declined after his wife died., her health declined quickly., [ t ] she …

verb

Make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree.

Примеры использования:

The population of the area has decreased radically

noun

An instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer.

Примеры использования:

A decrease in births

verb

To become smaller or make something less

Примеры использования:

[ i ] car sales decreased sharply this year., i haven’t noticed any decrease in ticket sales.

noun

A sum of money paid into a bank or building society account.

Примеры использования:

Cash funds which are an alternative to bank or building society deposits

verb

Put or set down (something or someone) in a specific place.

Примеры использования:

He deposited a pile of school books on the kitchen table

noun

An amount of money paid into an account

Примеры использования:

She made a large deposit last thursday., will you get your deposit back if you cancel the trip?, th…

verb

Diminish in value over a period of time.

Примеры использования:

The latest cars will depreciate heavily in the first year

verb

To cause something to lose value, esp. over time

Примеры использования:

Malawi’s currency was rapidly depreciating., the dollar’s depreciation will lead to higher inflatio…

verb

When a company depreciates an asset, such as a piece of equipment, it reduces its value in its accounts over a certain length of time

Примеры использования:

Machine tools are typically depreciated over seven years., the government allowed the currency to d…

verb

Move or fall downwards.

Примеры использования:

The aircraft began to descend

verb

Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

verb

To go down or come down something

Примеры использования:

[ i ] the path descends to the valley below., [ t ] jane descended the stairs slowly in her wedding…

verb

Make or become less.

Примеры использования:

The new law is expected to diminish the government's chances

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size or importance

Примеры использования:

[ i ] the threat of inflation is diminishing., [ t ] a single-payer system would diminish the burea…

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size, importance, or value

Примеры использования:

If consumers start losing confidence, it will diminish demand for household goods., investors can d…

verb

Cease from doing or providing (something), especially something that has been provided on a regular basis.

Примеры использования:

The ferry service was discontinued by the proprietors

verb

Plunge head first into water with one's arms raised over one's head.

Примеры использования:

She walked to the deep end, then she dived in

noun

A plunge head first into water.

Примеры использования:

He hit the sea in a shallow dive

verb

A headlong plunge into water

verb

(of a liquid) fall slowly in drops or a thin stream.

Примеры использования:

Rain dribbled down the window

noun

A thin stream of liquid; a trickle.

Примеры использования:

A dribble of blood

verb

To move or happen slowly in small amounts or a few at a time

Примеры использования:

Customers dribbled in and out all day., juice dribbled down the baby’s chin., water leaked from the…

verb

Let fall or be so wet as to shed small drops of liquid.

Примеры использования:

The tap won't stop dripping

noun

A small drop of a liquid.

Примеры использования:

She put the bucket on top of the dresser to catch the drips

verb

Flowing in drops

noun

Light rain falling in very fine drops.

Примеры использования:

Scotland will be cloudy with patchy drizzle

verb

Rain lightly.

Примеры использования:

It's started to drizzle

noun

A slight rain

Примеры использования:

We had fog and drizzle earlier, but now it’s sunny., it’s been drizzling on and off all day.

verb

Diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength.

Примеры использования:

Traffic has dwindled to a trickle

verb

To become less in number or smaller

Примеры использования:

The community had dwindled to a tenth of its former size.

verb

To gradually become less, smaller, or lower in level

Примеры использования:

Dwindle from sth to sth the municipality's population has dwindled from 40,000 to 24,000., dwindlin…

noun

A final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a story.

Примеры использования:

The end of the year

verb

Come or bring to a final point; finish.

Примеры использования:

When the war ended, policy changed

suffix

Denoting a person or thing to be treated in a specified way.

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Dividend

verb

Move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.

Примеры использования:

Five inches of snow fell through the night

noun

An act of falling or collapsing.

Примеры использования:

His mother had a fall as she alighted from a train

verb

Descend freely under the influence of gravity

verb

(of a liquid, gas, or electricity) move steadily and continuously in a current or stream.

Примеры использования:

From here the river flows north

noun

The action or fact of moving along in a steady, continuous stream.

Примеры использования:

The flow of water into the pond

verb

(esp. of liquids, gases, or electricity) to move in one direction, esp. continuously and easily

Примеры использования:

Air flows over an aircraft’s wing faster than it flows under it., lava from the volcano was flowing…

verb

Go without (something desirable).

Примеры использования:

She wanted to forgo the tea and leave while they could

verb

To give up or do without

Примеры использования:

She decided to forgo flowers at the funeral and asked people to send money to a charity instead.

phrasal verb

Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

phrasal verb

To stop doing or to stop having something

Примеры использования:

He gave up jogging after his heart attack., although behind in the chess match, he refused to give …

phrasal verb

To stop trying to do something before you have finished, usually because it is too difficult

Примеры использования:

She has a struggle trying to persuade the board to accept her proposal, but she's determined not to…

verb

Bring or come to an abrupt stop.

Примеры использования:

There is growing pressure to halt the bloodshed

noun

A suspension of movement or activity, typically a temporary one.

Примеры использования:

A halt in production

adjective

(of a person) having a physical disability.

Примеры использования:

If a man were halt or hunch'd

verb

Put (something) down gently or carefully.

Примеры использования:

She laid the baby in his cot

noun

Used with an abstract noun so that the phrase formed has the same meaning as the verb related to the noun used, e.g. ‘lay the blame on’ means ‘to blame’.

Примеры использования:

She laid great stress on little courtesies

adjective

Not ordained into or belonging to the clergy.

Примеры использования:

A lay preacher

verb

(of a container or covering) accidentally lose or admit contents, especially liquid or gas, through a hole or crack.

Примеры использования:

The roof leaked

noun

A hole in a container or covering through which contents may accidentally pass.

Примеры использования:

I checked all of the pipework for leaks

verb

(of a liquid or gas) to escape from a hole or crack in a pipe or container, or (of a container) to allow liquid or gas to escape

Примеры использования:

[ i ] he heard the sound of dripping and saw water leaking from a pipe overhead., [ t ] the ship ra…

verb

Go away from.

Примеры использования:

She left london on june 6

noun

(in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player.

noun

Time when one has permission to be absent from work or from duty in the armed forces.

Примеры использования:

Joe was home on leave

verb

Make or become less; diminish.

Примеры использования:

The years have lessened the gap in age between us

verb

To become or make something smaller in amount or degree

Примеры использования:

[ t ] keeping your weight down can lessen the risk of heart disease.

verb

To make something smaller, less noticeable, etc., or to become smaller, less noticeable, etc.

Примеры использования:

Corporate executives are keen to embrace "green technology" in order to lessen their dependence on …

verb

Be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).

Примеры использования:

I've lost my appetite

verb

To not be able to find something

Примеры использования:

I lost my keys somewhere in the house., two officers chased the suspect, but he turned down an alle…

verb

To no longer have something or have less of something, because it has been taken away from you, or you fail to keep it

Примеры использования:

Manufacturing lost 11,000 jobs in june after several months of small increases., she was among 40 p…

noun

A steep downward plunge by an aircraft.

Примеры использования:

The pilot put the plane in a nosedive and ejected

verb

(of an aircraft) make a nosedive.

Примеры использования:

The plane nosedived into the ground and exploded

noun

(esp. of an aircraft) a fast and sudden fall to the ground with the front pointing down

Примеры использования:

Fig. stock prices took a nosedive (= a sudden fall in value)., fig. profits nosedived in the last q…

noun

The quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone.

Примеры использования:

Her voice rose steadily in pitch

verb

Set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch.

Примеры использования:

You've pitched the melody very high

verb

Cover, coat, or smear with pitch.

Примеры использования:

He pitched the ship inside and outside

noun

A particular position, point, or area in space; a location.

Примеры использования:

I can't be in two places at once

verb

Put in a particular position.

Примеры использования:

A newspaper had been placed beside my plate

noun

An area, town, building, etc.

Примеры использования:

Her garden was a cool pleasant place to sit., what was the name of that place we drove through on t…

verb

Set down heavily or carelessly.

Примеры использования:

She plonked her glass on the table

noun

A sound as of something being set down heavily.

Примеры использования:

He sat down with a plonk

noun

Cheap wine of inferior quality.

Примеры использования:

We turned up at 8 p.m., each clutching a bottle of plonk

noun

A short sound as of a small, solid object dropping into water without a splash.

Примеры использования:

The stone fell into the water with a soft plop

verb

Fall or cause to fall with a plop.

Примеры использования:

The stone plopped into the pond

noun

A soft sound like that of something dropping lightly into a liquid

Примеры использования:

[ i ] he came over and plopped down next to me., [ t ] he plopped the sandwich into the pan.

verb

Fall or drop straight down at high speed.

Примеры использования:

A climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully

noun

A steep and rapid fall or drop.

Примеры использования:

The bird has a circular display flight followed by an earthward plummet

verb

To fall very quickly and suddenly

Примеры использования:

Temperatures plummeted last night., the parachute failed to open and he plummeted to the ground.

verb

Jump or dive quickly and energetically.

Примеры использования:

Our little daughters whooped as they plunged into the sea

noun

An act of jumping or diving into water.

Примеры использования:

Fanatics went straight from the hot room to take a cold plunge

verb

Dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity

verb

Make a light explosive sound.

Примеры использования:

Corks popped and glasses tinkled

noun

A light explosive sound.

Примеры использования:

There were a few pops, perhaps from pistols

adverb

With a light explosive sound.

Примеры использования:

The champagne went pop

noun

A place where someone or something is located or has been put.

Примеры использования:

The distress call had given the ship's position

verb

Put or arrange (someone or something) in a particular place or way.

Примеры использования:

He pulled out a chair and positioned it between them

verb

Move to or place in a particular position.

Примеры использования:

I put my hand out towards her

noun

A throw of a shot or weight.

Примеры использования:

Nichols recorded a put of 61.05 on his third attempt.

Cause to be in a certain state

verb

Leave (a place), usually permanently.

Примеры использования:

Hippies finally quit two sites in hampshire last night

adjective

Rid of.

Примеры использования:

I want to be quit of him

noun

Used in names of various small songbirds found in the caribbean area, e.g. bananaquit, grassquit.

Примеры использования:

The grassquit resides in small flocks and likes to use empty bananaquit nests for roosting at night.

verb

Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

Примеры использования:

The need for businesses to reduce costs

verb

Make smaller

verb

To make something less in size, amount, degree, importance, or price

Примеры использования:

A low-fat diet can reduce the risk of heart disease., grunn employs 17,900 people, but that number …

verb

Allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free.

Примеры использования:

An official confirmed the prisoners would be released

noun

The action or process of releasing or being released.

Примеры использования:

A campaign by the prisoner's mother resulted in his release

verb

Voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.

Примеры использования:

He relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive

verb

Cease work or movement in order to relax, sleep, or recover strength.

Примеры использования:

He needed to rest after the feverish activity

noun

An instance or period of resting.

Примеры использования:

You look as though you need a rest

verb

Remain or be left in a specified condition.

Примеры использования:

You can rest assured she will do everything she can

verb

Move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.

Примеры использования:

The dog ran across the road

noun

An act or spell of running.

Примеры использования:

I usually go for a run in the morning

verb

Move fast by using one's feet

verb

Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position.

Примеры использования:

Delaney set the mug of tea down

noun

A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together.

Примеры использования:

A set of false teeth

verb

Variant spelling of sett.

verb

Resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem).

Примеры использования:

The unions have settled their year-long dispute with hollywood producers

noun

A wooden bench with a high back and arms, typically incorporating a box under the seat.

Примеры использования:

She read to her brother, who sat on the settle opposite her

verb

To get or to become comfortable

Примеры использования:

[ t ] campbell settled herself in front of a blazing fire., [ i ] he settled back in his chair and …

verb

Push (someone or something) roughly.

Примеры использования:

They started pushing and shoving people out of the way

noun

A strong push.

Примеры использования:

She gave him a hefty shove and he nearly fell

verb

Come into rough contact with while moving

verb

Go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged.

Примеры использования:

He saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves

noun

A fixed basin with a water supply and outflow pipe.

Примеры использования:

I stood at the kitchen sink

noun

Fall or descend to a lower place or level

verb

Sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply.

Примеры использования:

She slumped against the cushions

noun

A sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something.

Примеры использования:

A slump in profits

verb

To fall heavily and suddenly

Примеры использования:

She slumped to the floor in a faint., the old man slumped in his chair, asleep., we both slumped ag…

noun

A place on a railway line where trains regularly stop so that passengers can get on or off.

Примеры использования:

We walked back to the station and caught the train back to brussels

verb

Short for stations of the cross.

noun

A building or buildings and the surrounding area where a particular service or activity takes place

Примеры использования:

A train/bus station, a gas station, a police/fire station, at our house in the mountains we only ge…

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Примеры использования:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Примеры использования:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

verb

A long thin implement resembling a length of wood

verb

(of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen.

Примеры использования:

His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun

noun

A cessation of movement or operation.

Примеры использования:

All business came to a stop

verb

Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense

verb

Bring to an end.

Примеры использования:

He was advised to terminate the contract

verb

To end or stop, or to cause something to end or stop

Примеры использования:

[ i ] trains that used to terminate in hoboken now run into new york., [ t ] it sounded like she wa…

verb

To end or to make something end

Примеры использования:

The takeover talks terminated without agreement., how do i terminate my subscription?, terminate a …

verb

(of a liquid) flow in a small stream.

Примеры использования:

A solitary tear trickled down her cheek

noun

A small flow of liquid.

Примеры использования:

A trickle of blood

verb

(of liquid) to flow slowly and without force

Примеры использования:

Blood trickled from a cut in his forehead., after the hurricane, all the telephones were out, and i…

verb

Fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong.

Примеры использования:

She pitched forward, tumbling down the remaining stairs

noun

A sudden or headlong fall.

Примеры использования:

I took a tumble in the nettles

verb

Fall down, as if collapsing

verb

Release (someone) from one's grasp.

Примеры использования:

‘unhand me, sir!’ she cried

verb

To take your hands off someone

Примеры использования:

Unhand me, sir, for shame!