drop (n)
drib (n)
driblet (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 23
def a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
examples he had a drop too much to drink
a drop of each sample was analyzed
there is not a drop of pity in that man
years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet -Kipling
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Hypernym small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
Derivationally related form drop → droplet
Derivationally related form drop → drop
Hyponym tear, teardrop; raindrop; droplet; eyedrop, eye-drop
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Hypernym tear, teardrop; raindrop; droplet; eyedrop, eye-drop
Hyponym small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
Derivationally related form droplet → drop
Derivationally related form drop → drop

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