Dictionary Entry

drops

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/dɹɒps/Used In Literature ↓

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

In a Sentence

“Put three drops of oil into the mixture.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

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Poetry examples for “drops”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Shines a broad mirror through the shadowy cave;
Where lingering drops from mineral roofs distil,
And pointed crystals break the sparkling rill,

Oh, soft humanity, in age beloved!
For thee the hardy veteran drops a tear,
And the gay courtier feels the sigh sincere.

Sloth unfolds her arms and wakes,
Listening Envy drops her snakes;
Intestine war no more our passions wage,

He bids your breasts with ancient ardour rise,
And calls forth Roman drops from British eyes.
Virtue confess'd in human shape he draws,

He bids your breasts with ancient ardour rise,
And calls forth Roman drops from British eyes.
Virtue confess'd in human shape he draws,

_Wit_ shoots in vain its momentary fires,
The meteor drops, and in a flash expires.
As one by one, at dread Medea's strain,

Yet in the rising blossom promise more.
There in bright drops the crystal fountains play,
By laurels shielded from the piercing day:

The fluttering fan be Zephyretta's care;
The drops to thee, Brillante, we consign;
And, Momentilla, let the watch be thine;

These silver drops, like morning dew,
Foretell the fervour of the day:

I was drunk with the lust of his life.
The blood-drops oozed slow from his head
And dabbled a chair. And our strife