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drip

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drip  (drp)
v. dripped, drip·ping, drips
v.intr.
1. To fall in drops: Water is dripping from that leaky faucet.
2. To shed drops: an umbrella that is dripping all over the floor.
3. To ooze or be saturated with or as if with liquid: a speech that dripped with sarcasm.
v.tr.
To let fall in or as if in drops: a brush dripping paint; a speech that dripped invective.
n.
1. The process of forming and falling in drops.
2.
a. Liquid or moisture that falls in drops.
b. A slight intermittent flow or leak: fixed the drip in the faucet.
3. The sound made by liquid falling in drops: listened to the steady drip of the rain.
4. A projection on a cornice or sill from which rainwater can drip, protecting the wall below.
5. Slang A tiresome or annoying person.

[Middle English drippen; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

drip [drɪp]
vb drips, dripping, dripped
to fall or let fall in drops
n
1. the formation and falling of drops of liquid
2. the sound made by falling drops
3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Architect a projection at the front lower edge of a sill or cornice designed to throw water clear of the wall below
4. Informal an inane, insipid person
5. (Medicine) Med
a.  the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of a therapeutic solution, as of salt or sugar
b.  the solution administered
c.  the equipment used to administer a solution in this way
[Old English dryppan, from dropa drop]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dripdrip - flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof"
flow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
intravenous drip - slow continuous drip introducing solutions intravenously (a drop at a time)
2.drip - the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; "the constant sound of dripping irritated him"
sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
3.drip - (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)
hoodmold, hoodmould, dripstone - a protective drip that is made of stone
projection - any structure that branches out from a central support
architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
Verb1.drip - fall in drops; "Water is dripping from the faucet"
dribble, drip, drop - let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture"
come down, descend, go down, fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
2.drip - let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture"
pour - cause to run; "pour water over the floor"
drip - fall in drops; "Water is dripping from the faucet"

drip
verb
drop, splash, sprinkle, trickle, dribble, exude, drizzle, plop a cloth that dripped pink drops upon the floor
noun
1. drop, bead, trickle, dribble, droplet, globule, pearl, driblet Drips of water rolled down his uniform.
2. (Informal) weakling, wet (Brit. informal), weed (informal), softie (informal), pussycat (Brit. informal), mummy's boy (informal), namby-pamby, ninny, milksop The kid is a drip!
Translations
drip [drɪp]
A. N
1. (= droplet) → gota f
2. (= dripping sound) → goteo m
the drip, drip, drip of the tap was beginning to irritate herel constante goteo del grifo estaba empezando a irritarla
she could hear the constant drip of the rain outsideoía el constante gotear de la lluvia fuera
3. (= spineless person) → soso/a m/f
4. (Med) → gotero m, gota a gota m inv
she is on a driptiene puesto un gotero or gota a gota
B. VT the children came in dripping water all over the floorlos niños entraron chorreando agua por todo el suelo
try not to drip sauce onto the table clothprocura que la salsa no gotee en el mantel
you're dripping paint all over the placeestás chorreando pintura por todas partes, lo estás poniendo todo perdido de pintura
her knee was dripping bloodsu rodilla estaba chorreando sangre
C. VI [tap, faucet] → gotear
oil was dripping from under the carel coche perdía aceite
the rain was dripping down the walllas gotas de lluvia se deslizaban por la pared
sweat was dripping from his browle caían gotas de sudor de la frente
blood dripped from her fingerle caían gotas de sangre del dedo
I washed my jumper and left it to driplavé el jersey y lo dejé escurrir
see also dripping

drip [ˈdrɪp]
n
[liquid, water] → goutte f
(= sound) [water] bruit de l'eau qui tombe goutte à goutte
(MEDICINE) (= equipment) → goutte-à-goutte m inv (= treatment) → perfusion f
to be on a drip [patient] → être sous perfusion
to be put on a drip [patient] → être mis(e) sous perfusion
(= person) → lavette f >, nouille f >
vi
[rain, water] → tomber goutte à goutte
[tap] → goutter
[washing] → s'égoutter
[wall] → suinter
vt (= spill) → répandre
drip-dry drip dry [ˌdrɪpˈdraɪ] adj [shirt] → qui ne nécessite aucun repassage
to be drip-dry → ne nécessiter aucun repassage
"drip-dry" (on label)"ne pas repasser"

drip
vi (water, tap)tropfen; to be dripping with sweatschweißüberströmt or schweißgebadet sein; to be dripping with bloodvor Blut triefen; sweat was dripping off his foreheadder Schweiß triefte ihm von der Stirn; the walls were dripping with waterdie Wände waren triefnass; his voice was dripping with sarcasmseine Stimme triefte nur so vor or von Sarkasmus; she was dripping with jewellery (Brit) or jewelry (US) → sie strotzte nur so von Schmuck
vt liquidträufeln, tropfen; he was dripping water/blood all over the carpetWasser/sein Blut tropfte überall auf den Teppich; his clothes were dripping water all over the carpetvon seinen Kleidern tropfte Wasser überall auf den Teppich; careful, you’re dripping paint on my coatpass auf, die Farbe tropft mir auf den Mantel!
n
(= sound: of water, rain, tap) → Tropfen nt
(= drop)Tropfen m
(Med) → Infusionsapparat m, → Tropf m (inf); to be on a dripeine Infusion bekommen, am Tropf hängen (inf)
(inf: person) → Waschlappen m (inf)

drip:
drip coffee
n (US) → Filterkaffee m
drip-dry
adj shirtbügelfrei
vibügelfrei sein; “drip-dry” (on label) → „bügelfrei“; let it driphängen Sie es tropfnass auf
drip-feed (Med)

drip [drɪp]
1. n
a. (droplet) → goccia; (of blood, dew) → stilla; (sound, of water) → sgocciolio
b. (fam) (spineless person) → lavativo/a
c. (Med) → fleboclisi f inv
he's on a drip → gli stanno facendo la flebo
2. vt (liquid) → sbrodolare
you're dripping paint everywhere! → stai schizzando vernice dappertutto!
3. vi (tap) → perdere, gocciolare; (washing) → sgocciolare; (wall) → trasudare
to be dripping with sweat/blood → grondare sudore/sangue

drip [drɪp]
1. n
a. (droplet) → goccia; (of blood, dew) → stilla; (sound, of water) → sgocciolio
b. (fam) (spineless person) → lavativo/a
c. (Med) → fleboclisi f inv
he's on a drip → gli stanno facendo la flebo
2. vt (liquid) → sbrodolare
you're dripping paint everywhere! → stai schizzando vernice dappertutto!
3. vi (tap) → perdere, gocciolare; (washing) → sgocciolare; (wall) → trasudare
to be dripping with sweat/blood → grondare sudore/sangue

drip
v drip [drip]
to (cause to) fall in single drops Rain dripped off the roof; His hand was dripping blood. drup يَقْطُرُ капя kapat dryppe (herunter)tropfen στάζω gotear tilkuma, tilgutama چکیدن tippua dégoutter, dégouliner לְטָפטֵף टपकना या टपकाना kapati csöpög menitik drjúpa, falla í dropum gocciolare したたる 뚝뚝 떨어지다 lašėti pilēt menitik druipen dryppe, renne kapać pingar a picura; a se prelinge падать каплями kvapkať kapljati kapljati droppa หยด damla(t)mak 使滴下 к(р)апати, падати краплями ٹپکنا یا ٹپکانا chảy nhỏ giọt 使
n
1 a small quantity (of liquid) falling in drops A drip of water ran down the tap. druppel قَطْرَه капка kapka dråbe Tröpfchen (pl.) στάλα gota tilk چکه pisara goutte טִיפָּה टपकन, टपक kap csepp tetesan dropi goccia したたり (액체) 방울 lašas pile titisan drup dråpe kropla pinga pi­că­tură капля kvapka kapljanje kapljica droppe หยดน้ำ damla 水(液)滴 крапання قطرہ قطرہ ٹپکنے کا عمل nước chảy nhỏ giọt )滴
2 the noise made by dripping I can hear a drip somewhere. gedrup صَوْتُ القَطْرَه шум от капки kapání dryppen das Tröpfeln στάξιμο goteo tilkumine صدای چک چک آب pisarointi bruit de l'eau qui tombe goutte à goutte טִפטוּף टपकने की आवाज kapanje csöpögés bunyi tetesan dripp, dropahávaði gocciolamento したたる音 (액체) 방울 소리 lašėjimas pilēšana bunyi titisan gedruppel drypp(ing) kapanie pingo zgomot făcut de căderea pică­turilor капанье kvapkanie kapljanje kapljanje dropp[] เสียงหยดน้ำ damlama sesi 滴水聲 шум падаючих крапель ٹپکنے سے ہونے والی آواز tiếng nhỏ giọt
3 an apparatus for passing a liquid slowly and continuously into a vein of the body. drup جِهازُ تَقْطير السائِل في الجِسْم система kapačka drop; infusionssæt der Tropf σύστημα τεχνητού ορού gota a gota tilguti سرم tiputuslaite goutte-à goutte אִינפוּזיָה चिकित्सीय यंत्र जिससे तरल या दवा मरीज की शिरा में भेजी जाती है infuzija infúzió alat infus blóð– eða vökvagjöf; dripp, dropateljari fleboclisi 点滴装置 점적(點滴) 장치 lašelinė venozās infūzijas sistēma titis infuus intravenøs væske, dryppapparat kroplówka dreno per­fuzor капельница prístroj na dávanie infúzie kapalna infuzija infuzija dropp การให้น้ำเกลือหรือของเหลวเข้าสู่ร่างกายทางเส้นเลือดอย่างช้า ๆ serum aygıtı (向血管滴注用的)慢滴器 капельниця وریدی عمل سے کوئی سیال جسم میں پہنچانا ống truyền nhỏ giọt
n dripping
fat obtained from meat while it is roasting etc. gedrup قَطَرات الدُّهِن من اللحْم المَشْوي أو المَطْبوخ мазнина от изпържено месо vypečený tuk stegefedt das Bratenfett λίπος ψητού pringue, grasa de carne asada praerasv چربی paistettaessa lihasta irtoava rasva graisse (de rôti) שוּמָן मांसरस mast od pečenja pecsenyelé tetesan lemak feiti sugo d'arrosto たれ汁 (불고기 등에서 떨어지는) 기름 iš kepamos mėsos ištekėję taukai cepeštauki lemak beku braadvet stekefett, sjy tłuszcz spod pieczeni gordura grăsime (care se scurge când se frige carnea) топлёный жир tuk z pečenia mäsa, výpek sok (pečenke) moča fett, steksky น้ำมันที่ไหลซึมออกมาจากเนื้อที่กำลังย่าง kızartılan etten damlayan yağ/sıvı 烤肉上滴下的油汁 жир, що стікає з м'яса بھنے ہوۓ گوشت سے نکلنے والی چربی mỡ chảy ra từ thịt quay
adj drip-ˈdry
(of a garment etc) requiring no ironing if allowed to dry by hanging up. droog drup يِجِفُّ بالتَقْطير، لا حاجَة إلى كَيِّهِ който не се нуждае от гладене след прането nežehlivý strygefri bügelfrei που δε θέλει σίδερο μετά το πλύσιμο de lavar y poner triikimata sirge بشور و بپوش siliävä nécessitant aucun repassage יִבּוּש לְלֹא גִיהוּץ लटका कर सुखाना, सूखना odjeća koja se suši kapanjem csavarás nélkül száradó segera kering tanpa diseterika straufrír stendi e asciuga, non stiro ノーアイロンの 짜지 않고 널어도 곧 마르는 천으로 만든, 다림질이 필요 없는 kurio nereikia lyginti (par drēbēm) ātri žūstošs un neburzīgs segera kering tanpa diseterika drip-dry som drypptørkes verb added!!nie wymagający prasowania de lavar e vestir care nu trebuie călcat не требующий глажки odev nevyžadujúci odstreďovanie a žehlenie ki ne potrebuje likanja peri-nosi odeća som kan dropptorka[] ใส่ไม้แขวนตากขณะที่ผ้ายังเปียก ütü istemeyen, ütüsüz 滴乾的(指衣服不得燙熨);免熨的 тканина, що не потребує викручування і глажки کپڑے کا لٹکے لٹکے خشک ہونا sự phơi cho nhỏ giọt để khôi );
v
to dry in this manner. droog drup يَجِفُّ بالتَّقْطير суша без да гладя nechat vyvěsit dryptørre trocknen στεγνώνω χωρίς σιδέρωμα lavar y poner sirgeks kuivama آویزان کردن kuivata riiputtamalla faire sécher sur cintre לְיַבֵּש לְלֹא גִיהוּץ सुखाना osušiti kapanjem, okapati csavarás nélkül szárít menganginkan hengja blautan þvott upp til þerris asciugare senza stirare ぬれたまま干す 널어서 말리다 išdžiovinti ir nelyginti žāvēt (pakarinot) menganginkan nat ophangen lavar e vestir a se usca, fără ca apoi să mai aibă nevoie să fie călcate сушить на вешалке sušiť zavesené (bez žmýkania) sušiti brez likanja sušiti dropptorka ผึ่งให้แห้ง asıp kurutmak 滴乾 сушити без викручування і глажки کپڑے کو لٹکا کر خشک کرنا khô nhanh

drip سائل متقطّر, يَقْطِر kapat, kapka drop, dryppe tropfen στάζω, στάξιμο gotear, goteo tippa, tippua goutter, perfusion kapanje, kapati goccia, gocciolare したたり, したたる 똑똑 떨어지다, 물방울 druppel, druppelen dryppe, drypping kapnąć, kropla pingar, pingo капанье, капать dropp, droppa ทำให้หยด, หยดน้ำ damla, damlamak chảy nhỏ giọt, nhỏ giọt 滴下, 滴液


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`mirk midnight' and chivy round to pull the bedstead out of the drip -- and it was one of those solid, old-fashioned beds that weigh a ton -- more or less.
The vases on the stone terrace in the foreground catch the rain all day; and the heavy drops fall--drip, drip, drip--upon the broad flagged pavement, called from old time the Ghost's Walk, all night.
What the exact system might be, if there was any, beyond the placing of them for a long period of years under the drip, I never discovered, but there they sat, iced over and preserved for ever by the siliceous fluid.
 
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