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drip — I. verb (dripped; dripping) Etymology: Middle English drippen, from Old English dryppan; akin to Old English dropa drop Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to let fall in drops < a brush dripping paint > 2. to let out or seem to spill… … New Collegiate Dictionary
dhreu- — To fall, flow, drip, droop. Derivatives include dreary and drowse. 1. Extended form *dhreus . drizzle, from Old English drysnian (in gedrysnian, to pass away, vanish), from zero grade Germanic derived verb *drus inōn. 2. Extended o grade form… … Universalium
drip — /drip/, v., dripped or dript, dripping, n. v.i. 1. to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips. 2. to fall in drops, as a liquid. v.t. 3. to let fall in drops. n. 4. an act of dripping. 5. liquid that drips. 6. the sound made by falling… … Universalium
drip — drip1 [drıp] v past tense and past participle dripped present participle dripping [: Old English; Origin: dryppan; related to drop] 1.) [I and T] to let liquid fall in drops ▪ The tap s dripping . ▪ Her boots were muddy and her hair was dripping … Dictionary of contemporary English
drip — verb (drips, dripping, dripped) let fall small drops of liquid. ↘fall in small drops. noun 1》 a small drop of a liquid. 2》 Medicine an apparatus which slowly passes fluid, nutrients, or drugs into a patient s body intravenously. 3》 informal a… … English new terms dictionary
drip — [[t]drɪp[/t]] v. dripped, drip•ping, n. 1) to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips[/ex] 2) to fall in drops, as a liquid; dribble 3) to let fall in drops 4) an act of dripping 5) liquid that drips 6) the sound made by falling drops 7)… … From formal English to slang
triefen — »in Tropfen fallen; ganz nass sein«: Das altgerm. Verb mhd. triefen, ahd. triufan, niederl. druipen, aengl. drēopan (daneben gleichbed. dryppan, engl. to drip), schwed. drypa hat keine sicheren außergerm. Entsprechungen. Um dieses Verb… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
dhreu- — dhreu English meaning: to crumble, grind Deutsche Übersetzung: with kons. extensions “zerbrechen, zerbröckeln” Note: with it are probably linked from intransitive “ crumble “ explicable words for “tumble, fall down, trickle down “ … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
drip — [drip] vi. dripped or dript, dripping [ME dryppen < OE dryppan, intens. form (< Gmc * drupjan), akin to dreopan (Ger triefen), to drop, drip < IE * dhreub < base * dhreu , to break away > DREARY] 1. to fall in or as in drops 2. to… … English World dictionary
