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Definition: Drop Down |
Drop DownVerb1. "He fell down to his knees. 2. Fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees.". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Drop DownSynonyms: drop (v), fall down (v), sink (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: rise (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Death | Verb: die, expire, perish; meet one's death, meet one's end; pass away, be taken; yield one's breath, resign one's breath; resign one's being, resign one's life; end one's days, end one's life, end one's earthly career; breathe one's last; cease to live, cease to breathe; depart this life; be no more. Adjective: go off, drop off, pop off; lose one's life, lay down one's life, relinquish one's life, surrender one's life; drop into the grave, sink into the grave; close one's eyes; fall dead, drop dead, fall down dead, drop down dead; break one's neck; give up the ghost, yield up the ghost; be all over with one. |
Descent | Verb: descend; go down, drop down, come down; fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle; plunge, plummet, crash; decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg; slump. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Drop Down |
| Specialty definitions using "drop down": drop doors. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You think whenever your brain has a thought, it has to just drop down onto your tongue like a gumball. (The Four Seasons; writing credit: Alan Alda) Drop down and give me ten. (Old School; writing credit: Court Crandall; Todd Phillips) Just drop down on the tile and go for it? (Top Gun; writing credit: Ehud Yonay; Jim Cash) Oh, thank you now drop down and give me 25 more for speaking out of line! (Major Payne; writing credit: Joe Connelly; Bob Mosher) | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | There are such curtains which drop down in life. |
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Expressions using "drop down": drop down menu ♦ To drop down. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
drop down menu | 208 |
java script drop down menu | 46 |
drop down html menu | 39 |
drop down box | 24 |
dhtml drop down menu | 17 |
drop down list | 14 |
java drop down menu | 14 |
drop down menu script | 12 |
drop down menu maker | 6 |
java script drop down list | 5 |
dynamic drop down menu | 4 |
creating drop down menu | 3 |
create a drop down menu | 3 |
web drop down menu | 3 |
dhtml drop down | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "drop down"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tomber par terre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | holtan elterül (to drop down dead), holtan összerogy (to drop down dead), holtan összeesik (to drop down dead). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | opdray ownday agacharse (bend, bob down, cower, crouch, drop, duck, hunker down, squat, stoop). (various references) släppa (come loose, discharge, drop, ease, give up, let, let fall, let go, let loose, let slip, release, relinquish), falla ner (fall, fall down). (various references) düşmek (behoove, behove, collapse, come down, come down in the world, crash, crumble, crumple, crumple up, decline, decrease, deduct, degrade, dive, droop, drop, drop off, ebb, end up, fall, fall among, fall down, fall from, fall in a heap, fall off, fall on, fall on evil days, fall over, go down, land, lapse, pitch, plonk, plunge, plunk, recede, rest with, sag, scale down, sink, sink into, step down, subside into, take a toss, tumble, tumble down), yıkılmak (break down, cave, cave in, collapse, come down, crack up, crumble, fall, fall down, fall over, fall to pieces, founder, go to pieces, go to ruin, shipwreck, tumble, tumble down, wither away), akıntıyla sürüklenmek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 3, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | En aisqhsei abussoi erraghsan nefh de erruhsan drosouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sapientia illius eruperunt abyssi et nubes rore concrescunt |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Bi the wisdam of hym breeken out depe watris; and the cloudis bi dew togidere waxen. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | By his knowledge the deep was parted, and dew came dropping from the skies. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 3, Verse 20 |
| Cebuano | Pinaagi sa iyang kinaadman ang mga kahiladman nangaabli, Ug ang kalangitan nagapatagas sa tun-og. |
| Croatian | njegovim su se znanjem otvorili bezdani i oblaci osuli rosom. |
| Danish | ved hans Kundskab brød Strømmene frem, lader Skyerne Dug dryppe ned. |
| Dutch | Door Zijn wetenschap zijn de afgronden gekloofd, en de wolken druipen dauw. |
| Finnish | Hänen toimestansa syvyydet kuohuivat esiin, ja pilvet pisaroivat kastetta. |
| French | C`est par sa science que les abîmes se sont ouverts, Et que les nuages distillent la rosée. |
| German | Durch seine Weisheit sind die Tiefen zerteilt und die Wolken mit Tau triefend gemacht. |
| Haitian Creole | Avèk konesans li, li fè larivyè yo koule. Li fè nwaj yo bay lapli sou latè. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dengan pengetahuan-Nya Ia membuat sumber-sumber air di bawah tanah pecah dan mengalirkan airnya serta awan di langit mencurahkan air ke bumi. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka oleh budinya segala laut telah bergelombang dan segala awanpun menurunkan embun. |
| Italian | dalla sua scienza sono stati aperti gli abissi e le nubi stillano rugiada. |
| Maori | He mohio nona i pakaru ai nga rire, i maturuturu ai te tomairangi o nga kapua. |
| Norwegian | Ved hans kunnskap vellet de dype vann frem, og ved den lar skyene dugg dryppe ned. |
| Portuguese | Pelo seu conhecimento se fendem os abismos, e as nuvens destilam o orvalho. |
| Rumanian | prin wtiinya Lui s`au deschis Adkncurile, wi strecoarq norii roua. |
| Russian | еЗП ТЕНХ"ТПУФША ТБЪЧЕТЪМЙУШ 'ЕЪ"ОЩ, Й П'МБЛБ ЛТП СФ ТПУПА. |
| Spanish | Con su conocimiento fueron divididos los océanos, y los cielos destilan rocío. |
| Swedish | Genom hans insikt bröto djupens vatten fram, och genom den låta skyarna dagg drypa ned. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-n-o-o-p-r-w" | |
-2 letters: drownd. | |
-3 letters: donor, droop, drown, porno, rondo. | |
-4 letters: dodo, door, dorp, down, drop, odor, ordo, pond, pood, poon, poor, porn, prod, prow, rood, wood, word, worn. | |
-5 letters: don, dor, dow, nod, noo, nor, now, odd, own, pod, pow, pro, rod, row, won, woo, wop. | |
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