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# dropping

verb (present participle of drop: drop, drops, dropped, dropping); noun (droppings — usually plural)

«dropping» 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. Dropping means letting something fall, or falling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dropping/#m1)
2. Dropping means becoming lower or less, like dropping temperatures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dropping/#m2)
3. Droppings are the poo of animals and birds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dropping/#m3)
4. Dropping someone off means taking them somewhere in a car and leaving them there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dropping/#m4)
5. To drop a curtsey means to bend the knees and lower the body as a polite greeting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dropping/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday life «dropping off» is about getting to school; in science temperatures and prices drop. In safety and hygiene lessons, animal droppings carry germs, so you don't touch them and wash your hands. Phrases: «dropping off», «dropping out», «bird droppings», «dropping like flies».

### Examples

- Stop dropping crumbs on the floor! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dropping/#x1)
- The temperature is dropping fast tonight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dropping/#x2)
- Dad is dropping me off at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dropping/#x3)
- There were bird droppings on the car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dropping/#x4)
- Mouse droppings show there are mice in the house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dropping/#x5)
- He kept dropping the ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dropping/#x6)
- I was dropping off to sleep when the phone rang. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dropping/#x7)
- ‘If you please, sire,’ said the Princess, dropping a curtsey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dropping/#x8)

### Note

Double p: drop – dropped – dropping. «Droppings» is almost always plural. «Dropping off to sleep» = falling asleep. «Dropping out» = leaving school or a course. Never touch animal droppings with bare hands.

## In Jewish tradition

Proverbs compares a quarrelsome wife to a constant leak of rain; the Song of Songs uses dripping myrrh for lovely lips.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the Song of Songs as a picture of love between God and Israel.

### Examples

- A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike; (Writings PRO.27.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dropping/#x1)
- A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. (Writings PRO.19.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dropping/#x2)
- His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as banks of sweet herbs; his lips are as lilies, dropping with flowing myrrh. (Writings SNG.5.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dropping/#x3)

### Note

Double p: drop – dropped – dropping. «Droppings» is almost always plural. «Dropping off to sleep» = falling asleep. «Dropping out» = leaving school or a course. Never touch animal droppings with bare hands.

## On Mova

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