Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective born; -- used of an animal. Opposite of
unborn .
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
drop .
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Examples
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Another contestant and early favorite, Javier Colon, released two albums for Capitol Records and another after the label dropped him.
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But when WWII came along and the Nazis brought us Aryans, the term dropped from their usage.
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The word dropped like something from a great height.
My Other Mother is a Ferrari Sally Houtman 2012
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I gasped in recognition, pulling away, falling as my name dropped from his lips in a seductive, knowing tone.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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I gasped in recognition, pulling away, falling as my name dropped from his lips in a seductive, knowing tone.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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A quick search suggested that most uses of the title dropped the comma.
The girl who kicked the publisher's keister for misplacing an apostrophe Peter Rozovsky 2010
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But if flopped, selling a scant 300 copies and the label dropped her.
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“I have come to realize,” I wrote to Irving, “that the importance of the name dropped depends in great part on the company it is dropped in.”
The Hardcore Diaries Mick Foley 2007
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“I have come to realize,” I wrote to Irving, “that the importance of the name dropped depends in great part on the company it is dropped in.”
The Hardcore Diaries Mick Foley 2007
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"My—" began Ishmael, and the word dropped off into that white void, leaving him silent.
Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000
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