drop

noun
drŏp

A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.

Example

“Put three drops of oil into the mixture.”

Other meanings

A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).

Example sentences

“Can you drop me off here?”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“Drop and give me twenty.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
“The evaporation process creates a drop in temperature of several degrees.”
Tatoeba · Cangarejo · CC0

Word history

From Old English "dropa" (a drop).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “drop” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.