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# drip

verb (drip, drips, dripped, dripping); noun (a drip, drips)

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

## Everyday

1. To drip means to fall in small drops, or to let drops fall. A dripping tap lets out water drop by drop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drip/#m1)
2. A drip is one drop, or the sound of drops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drip/#m2)
3. A drip in a hospital puts liquid slowly into a patient's body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drip/#m3)

### In the lessons

maths: a rate of water lost or collected over time (amount = rate × time); science: the water cycle, icicles, saving water; everyday life: a dripping tap wastes water, paint drips; safety: wipe up drips so no one slips

### Examples

- The tap drips 5 drops a second. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drip/#x1)
- Water drips into a bucket at 2 liters an hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drip/#x2)
- How much water drips out in a day? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drip/#x3)
- 30 ml dripped from the bottle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drip/#x4)
- Fix the dripping tap to save water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drip/#x5)
- Rain dripped from the roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drip/#x6)
- The ice cream was dripping down my hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drip/#x7)
- The nurse checked the patient's drip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drip/#x8)
- The water dripped from the straw mat which she had bound round her body, and from her gown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drip/#x9)

### Note

A rate: amount = rate × time. Trap: change hours to minutes or a day to 24 hours when the units differ. A day has 24 hours. Double the p: dripped, dripping.

## In Jewish tradition

In Ezekiel, knees dripping with water means people so frightened that their legs turn weak. In the primary lessons: maths: a rate of water lost or collected over time (amount = rate × time); science: the water cycle, icicles, saving water; everyday life: a dripping tap wastes water, paint drips; safety: wipe up drips so no one slips

### Examples

- All hands shall be slack, and all knees shall drip with water. (Prophets EZK.7.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drip/#x1)

### Note

A rate: amount = rate × time. Trap: change hours to minutes or a day to 24 hours when the units differ. A day has 24 hours. Double the p: dripped, dripping.

## On Mova

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