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Drip

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Noun

1. dribble, drip, trickle

flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid

Example Sentences:
'there's a drip through the roof'

2. drip, dripping

the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop

Example Sentences:
'the constant sound of dripping irritated him'

3. drip, drip mold, drip mould

(architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

Verb

4. drip

fall in drops

Example Sentences:
'Water is dripping from the faucet'

5. dribble, drip, drop

let or cause to fall in drops

Example Sentences:
'dribble oil into the mixture'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Drip

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verbWord forms: drips, dripping or dripped
1. 
to fall or let fall in drops
noun
2. 
the formation and falling of drops of liquid
3. 
the sound made by falling drops
4. architecture
a projection at the front lower edge of a sill or cornice designed to throw water clear of the wall below
5. informal
an inane, insipid person
6. medicine
a. 
the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of a therapeutic solution, as of salt or sugar
b. 
the solution administered
c. 
the equipment used to administer a solution in this way

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Drip

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verb intransitiveWord forms: dripped or dript, ˈdripping
1. 
to fall in or as in drops
2. 
to let drops of liquid fall
3. 
to be so soaked or filled with liquid as to have some trickle down or over
verb transitive
4. 
to let fall in drops
noun
5. 
a falling in drops; trickling
6. 
moisture or liquid falling in drops
7. 
the sound made by liquid falling in drops
8. 
a channel cut on the underside of a sill, cornice, etc. for carrying off rainwater; also, such a sill, cornice, etc.
9.  Slang
a person regarded as unpleasant or insipid
10.  Medicine
a continuous giving of a solution of salt, sugar, etc., esp. intravenously

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Drip

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v. dripped, drip·ping, drips
v.intr.
1. To fall in drops: Water is dripping from that leaky faucet.
2. To shed drops: an umbrella that is dripping all over the floor.
3. To ooze or be saturated with or as if with liquid: a speech that dripped with sarcasm.
v.tr.
To let fall in or as if in drops: a brush dripping paint; a speech that dripped invective.
n.
1. The process of forming and falling in drops.
2.
a. Liquid or moisture that falls in drops.
b. A slight intermittent flow or leak: fixed the drip in the faucet.
3. See drip feed.
4. The sound made by liquid falling in drops: listened to the steady drip of the rain.
5. A projection on a cornice or sill from which rainwater can drip, protecting the wall below.
6. Slang A tiresome or annoying person.

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