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  • 51drop — [[t]drɒp[/t]] n. v. dropped, drop•ping 1) a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; liquid globule 2) the quantity of liquid contained in such a globule 3) a very small quantity of liquid 4) a minute… …

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  • 52lower — I v 1. let down, drop, depress; thrust down, detrude, plunge, immerse, engulf, souse, douse; let sink, vail, dip, submerge, submerse; bury, sink, put down; raze, level, bring down, fell, demolish; bend down, couch, duck. 2. reduce, decrease,… …

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  • 53Beer die — is a drinking game. Standard rules call for four players, a die, table, four cups, and beer. Unlike most beer based games, drinking and scoring are unrelated.OriginsThere is no consensus on where the sport originated as numerous colleges and… …

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  • 54depression — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. recession, slowdown. II Pressing downward Nouns 1. depression, lowering; dip (see concavity); abasement, debasement; reduction. 2. overthrow, overset, overturn; upset; prostration, subversion,… …

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  • 55Yahweh — For information about Yahweh, see God in Abrahamic religions, which provides useful links. Yahweh is an English transliteration of he. יַהְוֶה a 19th century proposed punctuation of he. יהוה (the Tetragrammaton), which is the distinctive personal …

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  • 56subside — intransitive verb (subsided; subsiding) Etymology: Latin subsidere, from sub + sidere to sit down, sink; akin to Latin sedēre to sit more at sit Date: 1607 1. to sink or fall to the bottom ; settle 2. to tend downward ; descend; …

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  • 57droop — droopingly, adv. /droohp/, v.i. 1. to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support. 2. to fall into a state of physical weakness; flag; fail. 3. to lose spirit or courage. 4. to descend, as the sun; sink. v.t. 5 …

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  • 58drop — verb (drops, dropping, dropped) 1》 fall or cause to fall vertically.     ↘deliver by parachute.     ↘sink to or towards the ground.     ↘informal collapse from exhaustion. 2》 make or become lower, weaker, or less.     ↘lose (a point, a match, etc …

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  • 59droop — [[t]drup[/t]] v. i. 1) to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from exhaustion or lack of support 2) to fall into a weakened or disspirited state; flag; fade 3) to descend; sink 4) to let sink or drop: an eagle drooping its wings[/ex] 5) a sagging,… …

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  • 60droop — /drup / (say droohp) verb (i) 1. to sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness or exhaustion. 2. Poetic to sink; descend, as the sun. 3. to fall into a state of physical weakness; flag; fail. 4. to lose spirit or courage. –verb (t) 5. to let sink …