drop
noun
a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
have dropt
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present perfectof drop.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He stooped, and straightway from the ground took up, An oaken staff by me yet unobserved— A staff which must have dropt from his slack hand And lay till now neglected in the grass.
From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 7, August 12, 1850 by Various
Thinking at first that it might have dropt out while I slept, I began groping about the floor; but there was no pocket-book there.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII by John Mackay Wilson
Swieten says he has seen the trembling and shaking so great in the Time of the cold Fit of Quartans, that the Teeth have dropt out of the Head.
From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Donald Monro
Another man would have dropt dead on the spot; I, however, walked quite stoutly off, answering the fellow: "With great pleasure indeed, I fly to the Devil; and so Devil a fly I care."
From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul
“Lord Milburn,” says he. i thort i shud have dropt on the step, as a glimmerin’ of the doo shot aX my mine.
From Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 by Various
