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# airdrop

noun (an airdrop, airdrops); verb (airdrop, airdrops, airdropped, airdropping)

«airdrop» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An airdrop is sending food, medicine or other supplies by dropping them from an aircraft, often by parachute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airdrop/#m1)
2. To airdrop something is to drop it from a plane to people on the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airdrop/#m2)
3. (computers, AirDrop) AirDrop is an Apple feature for sending photos or files to a nearby device; people say «airdrop it to me». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airdrop/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in news about disasters and wars (aid airdropped to people cut off), in history (the Berlin airlift), in video games, and in everyday tech talk.

### Examples

- The army made an airdrop of food to the flooded villages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airdrop/#x1)
- Medicine was airdropped to the cut-off town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airdrop/#x2)
- Parachutes slowed the boxes in the airdrop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airdrop/#x3)
- In the game, an airdrop brings new supplies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airdrop/#x4)
- Can you airdrop me that photo? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airdrop/#x5)
- Airdrops can help when roads are blocked by snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airdrop/#x6)

### Note

Double «p» in «airdropped», «airdropping». As the Apple brand it is written «AirDrop». Safety: only accept AirDrop files from people you know.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «airdrop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airdrop/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«airdrop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/airdrop.html) on Mova free.