DRIP (dripped, dripping)

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Irregular inflected forms: dripped    , dripping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does drip mean? 

• DRIP (noun)
  The noun DRIP has 3 senses:

1. flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid

2. the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop

3. (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

  Familiarity information: DRIP used as a noun is uncommon.

• DRIP (verb)
  The verb DRIP has 2 senses:

1. fall in drops

2. let or cause to fall in drops

  Familiarity information: DRIP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

dribble; drip; trickle

Context example:

there's a drip through the roof

Hypernyms ("drip" is a kind of...):

flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drip"):

intravenous drip (slow continuous drip introducing solutions intravenously (a drop at a time))

Derivation:

drip (let or cause to fall in drops)

drip (fall in drops)

drippy (leaking in drops)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The sound of a liquid falling drop by drop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

drip; dripping

Context example:

the constant sound of dripping irritated him

Hypernyms ("drip" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

drip; drip mold; drip mould

Hypernyms ("drip" is a kind of...):

projection (any structure that branches out from a central support)

Domain category:

architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drip"):

dripstone; hoodmold; hoodmould (a protective drip that is made of stone)

• DRIP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they drip    ... he / she / it drips   
Past simple: dripped   
Past participle: dripped   
-ing form: dripping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fall in drops

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

Water is dripping from the faucet

Hypernyms (to "drip" is one way to...):

come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)

Verb group:

dribble; drip; drop (let or cause to fall in drops)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

drip (flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid)

drippings (fat that exudes from meat and drips off while it is being roasted or fried)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Let or cause to fall in drops

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

dribble; drip; drop

Context example:

dribble oil into the mixture

Hypernyms (to "drip" is one way to...):

pour (cause to run)

Verb group:

drip (fall in drops)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

The women drip water into the bowl

Derivation:

drip (flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid)

 Context examples 

Over the last 10,000 years, snow and rain dripped into the depths of Scărișoara, where they froze into thin layers of ice containing chemical evidence of past winter temperature changes.

(Ice cave in Transylvania yields window into region's past, NSF)

It may lead to post-nasal drip resulting in chronic sore throat and chronic cough.

(Chronic Rhinitis, NCI Thesaurus)

With thumb and forefinger she swept the dripping suds first from one arm and then from the other.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Dimly they saw him through the smoke of the powder, and in the silence nothing was to be heard save the drip-drip of Dutchy's spilled coffee on the floor.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Blood dripped from every finger-end, while the nails were broken to the quick.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A slow, continuous drip avoids excessively high transient peak plasma levels.

(Intravenous Drip, NCI Thesaurus)

The flagons were re-gathered and came back with the white foam dripping over their edges.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The golden edge of the sun was just sinking behind the oaks of Reigate Hill when the dripping mares drew up before the Crown at Redhill.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Dave and Sol-leks, dripping blood from a score of wounds, were fighting bravely side by side.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Shivering, dripping, and crying, they got Amy home, and after an exciting time of it, she fell asleep, rolled in blankets before a hot fire.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)