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droop / drup / verb ( droops , droop . ing , drooped )

to bend or hang down

Flowers droop if you don't put them in water.

dГОР 1 © / drap / verb ( drops , drop . ping , dropped )

1 to let something fall

dropped my watch and it broke.

to fall

The glass dropped from her hands.

to become lower or less The temperature has dropped.

( also drop someone off ) to stop your car and let

someone get out

Could you drop me at the station? He dropped me off at the bus stop.

to stop doing something

I'm going to drop geography (= stop studying it ) at school next year.

drop by ; drop in to visit someone who does not know that you are coming

We were in the area, so we thought we'd drop in and see you.

drop off to fall asleep

She dropped off in front of the TV.

drop out to leave or stop doing something before you have finished

His parents are worried that he'll drop out of school.

drop 2 Ф / dmp / noun [ count ]

a very small amount of liquid drops of rain

a drop of blood

a fall in the amount or level of something a drop in temperature

a drop in prices

drop • out / ' drapaut / noun [ count ]

a person who leaves school, college, etc. before finishing

their studies

high school dropouts

drought / draut / noun [ count, noncount ]

( geography ) a long time when there is not enough rain Hundreds of people died in the drought.

drove

form of drive 1

drown / draun / verb ( drowns , drown . ing , drowned )

to die under water because you cannot breathe; to make

someone die in this way

The boy fell in the river and drowned.

Twenty people were drowned in the floods.

drow • sy / drauzi / adjective ( drow . si . er , drow . si . est )

feeling tired and wanting to sleep The heat made him very drowsy. ► drow • si • ness / ' drauzims / noun [ noncount ]

This medicine can cause drowsiness.

drug О / di-лд / noun [ count ]

( health )

an illegal chemical substance that people take because it makes them feel happy or excited

He doesn't smoke or take drugs .

She's worried that her daughter is on drugs (= regularly using illegal drugs ) . Heroin is a dangerous drug.

a chemical substance used as a medicine, which you take when you are sick to make you better

drug companies

Some drugs can only be obtained with a prescription from a doctor.

drug ad • dict / ' drAg adikt / noun

[count]

( health ) a person who cannot stop using drugs

drug • store / ' drAgstor / noun [ count ]

( health ) a store where you can buy medicines and other things such as soap, newspapers, and candy

drum / drAm / noun [count]

( music ) a musical instrument that you hit with special sticks (called dru m sticks ) or with your hands

He plays the drums in a band.

a big round container for oil an oil drum

drum • mer / ' drAmer / noun [ count ]

( music ) a person who plays a drum

drunk 1

form of drink 1

drunk 2 / drAgk / adjective

If a person is drunk , they have drunk too much alcohol He gets drunk every Friday night.

dry 1 Ф / drai / adjective ( in er , in est )

with no water or liquid in it or on it The laundry isn't dry yet.

—ANTONYM wet

with no rain dry weather

—ANTONYM wet

not sweet dry white wine

dry 2 Ф / drai/ verb ( dries , dry ing , dried , has dried )

to become or make something dry

Our clothes were drying in the sun.

Dry your hands on this towel.

If you wash the dishes, I'll dry them.

dry out to become completely dry

Leave your shoes by the fire to dry out.

dry up (used about rivers, lakes, etc.) to become

completely dry